Law enforcement agencies questioned on response to migrant crossings

Home Affairs Committee hears from the police, National Crime Agency, and Maritime and Coastguard Agency

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/english-channel-migrant-crossings-evidence-17-191/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/english-channel-migrant-crossings-evidence-17-191/
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019
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Coast guard, Search and rescue, Border control, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Human behavior, Safety, Human activities
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  • The Home Affairs Committeehears from senior leaders in the Police, the National Crime Agency and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the operational response to the increase of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel since the last quarter of 2018.
  • Tuesday 26 Februaryin Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
    The Committee will also examine the progress of interdiction operations and other security measures to protect the border and the extent of the policing and security cooperation which underpins this.
  • The Committee will have the opportunity to ask about search and rescue efforts and the processes for dealing with migrants who are picked up both in the Channel and in the UK and the steps taken to combat illegal seaborne crossings.
  • The session is likely to cover:
    UK and French Channel operations, including search and rescue, juxtaposed border controls and recent reinforcement of border patrols
    UK Government policy, including support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and application of the Dublin Regulations; and
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