PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Refugees: France (6 January 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it the policy of the Government to refer to the European Court of Justice the failure of the French government to register non-EU citizens in France who are in need of international protection.

Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

All migrants in France who wish to seek international protection should do so in France. In accordance with the Joint Ministerial Declaration of August 2015, we continue to work closely with France on a range of migration and security issues and have no plans to change this constructive approach.

The French Government is committed to meeting its EU and international obligations and has opened up new places in its asylum system for those that claim asylum in Calais.

Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
13 January 2016