Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on the drivers of migration from and through Sudan; and if he will make a statement?

The Government has undertaken research on migration to help shape policy and programming in Sudan, including on migration routes, the drivers of migration, and the links to human trafficking. Sudan is a source, transit, and destination country for migrants, and migration is a key topic at the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue, most recently discussed at the fourth session in October 2017.