Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her counterparts in other EU Member States on developing safe routes for people fleeing war, armed conflict and persecution.

The UK has actively and regularly engaged with the EU in developing Global Compacts on Migration and on Refugees, which aim to support well-managed, safe migration and to provide more effective, long-term support to refugees fleeing conflict and violence. We also work closely with other EU Member States to coordinate our support to vulnerable people on the move, including through our contribution to the Emergency EU Trust Fund for Africa and broader support along the key migration routes in Africa. We regularly engage with EU counterparts on resettlement, including through the European Asylum Support Office, and the UN core groups on resettlement, such as the Central Med group and the Syria Core Group, which the UK has chaired since April 2017.