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France: Migrant Camps

Commons · Question 59992 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 26 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his French counterparts on recent reported violent incidents in migrant camps from where a number of attempted boat crossings to the UK have

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 26 Jun 2025

I am aware of worrying recent incidents in migrant camps in France and extend my sympathies to the victims. I condemn these instances of violence which are often fuelled by criminal people-smuggling gangs responsible for small boat crossings. The Foreign ...