Immigration Minister, EU Commission and Frontex give evidence on migrant smuggling
11 September 2015
On Wednesday 16 September, the House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee, in the final evidence session of its inquiry into the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling, questions the Immigration Minister, the EU Commission and Frontex on migrant smuggling.
- Parliament TV: Watch the evidence session
- Inquiry: EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling
- EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
Witnesses
Wednesday 22 July, Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster
At 10.30am:
- James Brokenshire MP, Immigration Minister, Home Office
At 11.30am:
- Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director, Frontex
- Dana Spinant, Head of Unit, Irregular Migration and Return Policy, DG Home, EU Commission
Possible questions
Questions the Committee may ask the minister include:
- What value does EU action add to national activities aiming to tackle migrant smuggling?
- How has the HMS Enterprise contributed to the UK's "intelligence-led" response to the migrant crisis?
- How is the Government working to ensure that the fundamental rights of smuggled migrants are respected?
- How is the UK response to migrant smuggling coordinated within the Home Office? What resources are dedicated to EU cooperation on migrant smuggling.?
- What is the scale of migrant smuggling in the UK?
The Committee will then ask the Commission and Frontex:
- What is being done to create more safe and legal routes for refugees?
- What can be learnt from data collected by Frontex regarding changes in routes and methods used by smugglers?
- What additional actions are going to be taken to target this rapidly changing crime?
- What safeguards have been put in place to ensure rights granted to refugees and migrants are not infringed upon?
- How will the new 'hotspot' approach contribute to achieving the objectives of the action plan?
Further information
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