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People Smuggling: Sanctions

Commons · Question 71730 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 4 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether an (a) individual and (b) entity is considered an enabler of people smuggling for the purposes of sanctions.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 4 Sep 2025

To consider whether someone is an enabler or otherwise involved in the relevant activity, we use the criteria set out in regulation 8 of The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025, combined with the statutory thre...