Immigration Minister to be questioned on EU Agenda on Migration

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• EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
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The evidence session will provide an update on the Government's position on the 27 May 2015 EU Commission Communication on a European Agenda on Migration.

Witness

The evidence session will take place on Wednesday 8 July in Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster.

• At 10.15am: James Brokenshire MP, Minister of State for Immigration

Possible questions

• Does the Government believe that the Agenda on Migration strikes the correct balance between immediate action and longer term solutions to the global migration crisis?
• What resources has the Government made available to address the crisis in the Mediterranean?
• Following the JHA Council meeting on 16 July 2015 Several delegations from Member States stressed the necessity to strike a balance between solidarity and responsibility. In the Government's opinion, what is the right balance?
• What is the evidence to support the Government's view that relocation and search and rescue mission serve as a pull factor encouraging irregular migration to the EU?
• What is the Government's experience with voluntary relocation schemes?
• Why does the Government think that relocation is "unlikely to prove effective"?
• The Government has stated that it "shares the Commission's desire to prevent further loss of life at sea", and, on a separate occasion, that it "will continue to make an important contribution" to search and rescue missions. How is this reconcilable with the withdrawal of HMS Bulwark from Operation Triton?
• The Government writes that "any sustainable approach to search and rescue [missions] must involve their 'decoupling' from entry into the EU, except where there is a genuine case for asylum". What does this mean?

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