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Illegal Immigration (North Africa)

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 12 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Libya, (b) Tunisia and (c) Algeria on their plans to tackle illegal immigration from North Africa to Europe. (80333)

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not as yet had discussions with her counterparts in these countries. I raised migration with my Algerian counterpart when I visited on 7-8 June and my Libyan counterpart in Tripoli on 25-27 June.

Migration from Africa to Europe has also been discussed this week at a meeting of African and European countries in Rabat.