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Question for Department for International Development

UIN 12849, tabled on 21 October 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of her Department's budget is directed at the root causes of migration.

Answered on

28 October 2015

The root causes of migration are diverse. They include conflict, lack of security and also lack of opportunity or jobs. That’s why we provide help and security for refugees affected by the Syria crisis. When we double our work on jobs and growth, it is not only good for the people and countries we are supporting, it is in our national interest too.