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Written Question
Migration: Climate Change
Tuesday 20th June 2023

Asked by: Alun Cairns (Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June to Question 187866 on Migration: Climate Change, what the outcomes of the meetings were with (a) the Global Forum for Migration and Development, (b) International Dialogue on Migration and (c) the International Migration Review Forum on climate-driven migration.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell

Climate change and human mobility is both the overarching topic and the theme of working group one of the 2022 - 2023 Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD). The GFMD is currently ongoing, and its findings will be presented at the GFMD Summit in January 2024. The 2022 International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) focussed on the impacts of food insecurity and climate change on migration and displacement and resulted in recommendations for COP27, its final report can be found here: IDM No. 34. At the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), climate and migration was discussed in roundtables, country statements and at many side events. This article by the Centre for Global Development summarises how it was covered: Climate Migration at the 2022 IMRF.

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"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the UK’s plans and preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone.

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