Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in the refugee camps in Italy.

The Department for International Development, and other UK Government departments, closely monitor conditions for refugees and migrants arriving in Italy, as well as the humanitarian situation there more broadly.

The UK has responded generously to the Mediterranean humanitarian crisis, contributing up to £1.5 million in humanitarian assistance to partners working in Italy. Through the Red Cross, UK aid has reached more than 85,000 refugees and migrants arriving in Italy with food assistance.