Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussion his Department has had with its counterpart in Spain on illegal crossings of its border at Ceuta.

FCDO officials discuss a range of issues with the Spanish authorities, including on migration, on a regular basis. We continue to monitor developments around the recent influx of illegal migrants to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.