Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the workings of the EU–Turkish joint action plan to stem migrant flows, agreed in October 2015.

The UK supports the Turkey-EU Action Plan which was signed on 29 November during a broader summit between the EU and Turkey.

Implementation will not be straightforward given the volume of numbers and the determination of individuals to cross land and sea borders. The Action Plan is just one aspect of efforts to respond to the migration crisis seen in the Mediterranean last year. We have a strong relationship with Turkey on many security issues (especially migration) and this Action Plan will complement bilateral activity, not impinge on it.