Refugee Crises
The following is an extract from Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions on 4 December 2018.
Exactly what are we signing up to at Marrakesh?
We are signing up to the global compact on refugees. I should clarify for the House that it is a different document from the one that has perhaps generated more controversy: the global compact on migration.
[Official Report, 4 December 2018, Vol. 650, c. 647.]
Letter of correction from the Minister for Africa:
An error has been identified in the response I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne).
The correct response should have been:
Exactly what are we signing up to at Marrakesh?
We are signing up to the global compact on migration. I should clarify for the House that it is a different document and has perhaps generated more controversy than the global compact on refugees.