Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Moroccan counterpart on the human rights of (a) migrants, (b) asylum seekers and (c) refugees in that country.

​Migration is one part of our ongoing dialogue with Morocco. We discuss human rights with the Moroccan authorities and raise concerns when appropriate. Through our development programmes we also support Moroccan efforts to address the root causes of migration, as the most effective long-term solution to unmanaged, irregular migration. We will play an active role in the Global Compact meetings in Marrakech in December as we work with the international community on this issue.