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Refugees: Calais

Question for Home Office

UIN 22389, tabled on 13 January 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make representations to the French government to ensure that the three-day eviction notice give to refugees at Calais refugee camp is extended.

Answered on

18 January 2016

The UK Government recognises the exceptional pressures on the French Government and its citizens caused by the migrant situation in the Calais region. Both Governments are clear that the right course of action is, as far as possible, to move migrants away from Calais and for genuine refugees, to be offered protection within the French asylum system. This is why the UK has committed to providing £3.6 million (or €5 million) per year for two years to help provide support and facilities elsewhere in France.

The UK is in regular contact with France on all matters related to Calais and the migrant situation. However, operational decisions relating to the management of the camps are the responsibility of the French Government.

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