We are determined to take a comprehensive approach to dealing with the Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Burmese President Thein Sein on20 May to discuss Rakhine and Burma's response to the Migration Crisis.

May I ask the Leader of the House for an urgent debate in Government time on the Ongoing Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean?

So let me deal with the other two - the need for a comprehensive approach to the Migration Crisis and the beginning of the UK renegotiation process.

Let me deal briefly with the other two issues - the need for a comprehensive approach to the Migration Crisis and the beginning of the UK renegotiation process.

Given the security threat and the risks that we face, not least the problems of the Migration Crisis, I think that there is a case for using our aid budget in a more co-ordinated way with others in Europe to drive change and economic success in north African countries.

Getting this issue right is crucial to solving some of the underlying reasons behind the Migration Crisis.

There are many elements of the strategy that need to be in place to tackle the Migration Crisis.

A week before going to Calais, I was in Rome because another issue that will confront the Committee, and into which we will shortly announce an inquiry, is the Migration Crisis gripping the Mediterranean.

Conflict, chaos and persecution are the prime causes of the Present Migration Crisis.

My Lords, in his excellent speech the noble Lord, Lord Alton, drew attention to the fact that we face the Biggest Migration Crisis in the world since World War II.

] The strategy was agreed in 2011, and since then we have had the tragedy in Syria, the development of ISIs and its allies around the world, and the Crisis of Migration in the Mediterranean and south-east Asia.

“Mr Speaker, before making a Statement on counterterrorism, let me update the House about what we are doing to help address the Migration Crisis in Europe and, in particular, to help the thousands of refugees who are fleeing from Syria.

Before I make a statement on counter-terrorism, Mr Speaker, let me update the House on what we are doing to help address the Migration Crisis in Europe and, in particular, to help the thousands of refugees who are fleeing Syria.

Those who are part of Schengen have taken away all their internal border controls across Europe and they maintain their external border, so obviously the Schengen countries have to come together to work out what they are going to do about This Migration Crisis.

We cannot ignore the debate about what is causing This Massive Migration Crisis.

Is it not clear that the failure of western security strategy in the middle east and elsewhere is the main driver of This Migration Crisis, and may I endorse his requirement for a full-spectrum response to ISIS?

I had meetings with Tunisian Ministers about how they were dealing with the Migration Crisis.

I noticed that the Prime Minister opened his statement on Monday by continuing the rhetoric that we are “facing a Migration Crisis”.

It is true that the Current Migration Crisis has been driven largely by events in Syria, in relation to which, in my view, the House took the wrong decision last year.

Inequality between countries is in part what is causing the Current Migration Crisis.

The Government adopt responsible measures and have taken a responsible attitude in addressing the issue of the Migration Crisis across Europe.

I agree wholeheartedly that the Government need to do more and that we should take our fair share of those seeking sanctuary and refuge, but I also say that we must do more to deal with the causes of the Migration Crisis by tackling head-on the countries that supply arms to regimes and nations with appalling human rights records.

The ultimate solution, both to the Migration Crisis and to threats emanating from Syria, must be political transition.

This instability has fuelled a Migration Crisis that affects neighbouring countries, the wider region and Europe as well.

This summer, my constituency was 30 miles or so from the frontline of the Migration Crisis as it confronted the UK.

Does the Prime Minister share my view and that of my constituents that in this turbulent world, with the Migration Crisis, the threat from Russia, the threat to our great steel industry and so many other things, we need European leadership?

I discussed the Migration Crisis with my counterparts at the EU Foreign Affairs Council earlier this month.

Does he agree that the best long-term solution to tackling the Migration Crisis is to improve the living conditions of people in major source countries and that this Government's commitment on international aid is a tangible example of our leadership in that area?

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the UK's position outside the Schengen area is a great advantage in addressing the causes and consequences of the Ongoing Migration Crisis?

Being outside the Schengen area has allowed us to stand back from the immediate pressure of This Migration Crisis and take a slightly more detached view, where we have focused on helping in the upstream areas with very generous humanitarian support to the Syrian region.

Does the Foreign Secretary agree that the best way of bringing a long-term solution to the Migration Crisis is to work with our partners to ensure good governance and economic growth in the middle east?

While this issue might be at the very top of his in-tray, with the Migration Crisis unfolding in Europe, the effects of the financial crisis still unfolding across the continent and the tension between the EU and Russia, it is probably not a priority for any other member state.

My Lords, on his forthcoming visit to the island of Cyprus, will the Foreign Secretary consult both communities on the island about the contribution they can make to mitigating the Migration Crisis?

The implication behind my noble friend's question is that it is the actions of the West that have caused the Migration Crisis and the suffering in Syria.

As the hon. Lady can well imagine, I discuss the Current Migration Crisis with my EU counterparts on a regular basis - for example at the Foreign Affairs Council last Monday in Brussels and when I met the Visegrad Group of EU countries in Prague the previous Friday.

I have to tell the hon. Gentleman candidly that that has not been the focus of the discussion in the Foreign Affairs Council about the Migration Crisis, but I am aware of concerns about what is going on in the camps.

1 issue that we face, not only for national security but in terms of the Migration Crisis in Europe, which is a massive question for all European countries, Britain included.

First, an inevitable consequence of our intervention will be that the Migration Crisis will get much worse.

In the end, the only way to stop the Migration Crisis is a political solution in Syria, and as I have argued, this action goes together with the political solution we need.

That is the end goal, and we should not take our eyes off the prize, which is a reconstructed Syria with a Government that can represent all the people; which is a Syria at peace so that we do not have the Migration Crisis and we do not have the terrorism crisis.

They formed a central part of the EU's summer response to the Ongoing Migration Crisis and have been the subject of long negotiations within the EU and of previous debates in the House.

The Current Migration Crisis has been described as the worst refugee crisis since world war two.

In our view, the proposals are ill conceived and many more now question the viability of relocation as a tool to manage the Migration Crisis.

The Migration Crisis is constantly changing and requires a flexible but robust response.

On the substance of the matter, although we do not want to see Britain opt into mandatory quotas, we believe that we should take an active role in tackling the Migration Crisis across the EU, as well as on our doorstep.

It also has a pivotal role in the Migration Crisis, given that so many of the migratory flows through Greece and the western Balkans come through Turkey.

It could be an important step towards a solution in Syria, and therefore part of the long-term solution to the Migration Crisis.

Our position on the Migration Crisis is practical, pragmatic and focused on the need for a concerted humanitarian response for those who need our protection; ensuring the sustainability of EU asylum systems; pursuing effective co-operation with EU partners; combating illegal migration and those who profit from it; and protecting our security.

We have focused on the root causes - not just the consequences - of the Migration Crisis.

Therefore, rather than giving hon. Members a lecture about the Migration Crisis, which they are familiar with, given the limited time I will attempt to stick to the core subject.

Perhaps the Migration Crisis is the best example of why all of this matters.

We should take the rights of children, which are at the heart of the amendment, very seriously within our own jurisdiction, as well as recognising that children are suffering outside our jurisdiction as a result of this massive Crisis of Migration.

We have considered the problems at hand, dealt with them at source and brought countries together to solve the problems that lie behind the Migration Crisis into the EU.

The Migration Crisis continues to evolve.

The Statement is as follows: “Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement on the agreement reached in Brussels last week, but first let me say a word about the Migration Crisis which was also discussed at the European Council.

Despite some of the good measures in the Act, child trafficking is still taking place across the European Union, hidden within the scandal that is the Migration Crisis, which is engulfing the entire continent.

With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the agreement reached in Brussels last week, but first let me say a word about the Migration Crisis which was also discussed at the European Council.

On the other big issue, the Migration Crisis, the British head of Europol said today that 5,000 jihadists are now within the European Union area.

What is happening in Europe to deal with the Migration Crisis is breath-taking in its incompetence.

My Lords, as we begin a four-month marathon debate on whether Britain should remain a member of the EU, it is good that the noble Lord, Lord Higgins, enables us to discuss, however briefly, another major challenge facing the EU - all the more so since the EU's handling of this problem and the outcome of the Migration Crisis will profoundly affect this country whether we are inside the European Union or not.

We still retain control of our own borders, but that does not absolve us of the humanitarian responsibility to help where we can, and it does not absolve us as one of the larger countries in Europe from continuing to call on European countries to get some grip on the Migration Crisis.

Will my right hon. Friend outline the work and the role of the Royal Navy to date in helping to tackle the Migration Crisis?

The essential one that I would ask noble Lords to reflect on is that in this Bill we seek to provide a protection of the existing laws governing immigration in this country, recognising that there is a Great Migration Crisis on, and many people are seeking to make their way through Europe on this journey.

The EU and Turkey say that they have agreed the broad principles of a plan to ease the Migration Crisis.

We all know that our Government in particular, but the rest of the European Union as well, are desperate to be seen to be trying to resolve the Migration Crisis.

My Lords, the Migration Crisis remains one of Europe's biggest challenges.

The Statement is as follows: “With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement on last week's European Council, which focused on the Migration Crisis affecting continental Europe.

My Lords, I confess my heart sank slightly when the first sentence of the Statement said that this was a Migration Crisis affecting “continental Europe”.

With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on last week's European Council, which focused on the Migration Crisis affecting continental Europe.

He is right that whether we are in the European Union or out of the European Union, there is still a Migration Crisis affecting the continent of Europe, and that does have knock-on effects on us.

I attended an Adjournment debate led bythe hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) that highlighted the Migration Crisis - not something that is restricted to Europe, because there is a migration and refugee crisis in that part of Asia as well, of which the Rohingya community forms a substantial part.

He will also be aware that this issue pertains to the Migration Crisis in Europe and, at the European Council last week and at the previous meeting, decisions were taken about enhancing our ability to strengthen that border.

As your Lordships will appreciate, there are times, particularly in the context of the Current Migration Crisis, when the Government need to respond quickly to changing circumstances.

Many of them have travelled out to areas affected by the Migration Crisis and to the refugee camps.

May I welcome the progress that has been made but say that I am disappointed that more has not been offered to deal with the Migration Crisis?

No one should be in any doubt about the Government's clear, ongoing commitment to help those most affected by the Migration Crisis.

This evening we have heard a lot of talk about the Migration Crisis that we are seeing across Europe.

My Lords, let me begin by saying to the House that I entirely recognise the need for the Government to do more to respond to the Ongoing Migration Crisis and alleviate the suffering it is causing to some of the most vulnerable people.

This morning the European Commission published its proposals for reform of the Dublin protocol and emergency relocation in response to the Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean.

My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right that this is an EU-wide problem which we will need to continue to address at that level, and that it is clearly not the case that the UK leaving the EU in the referendum would suddenly make the Migration Crisis go away.

The Migration Crisis is already having an impact on the forces that we have at our disposal to control our borders.

He clearly makes a strong point about the challenges we face in dealing with the Migration Crisis, and obviously the Government are taking clear steps, both in region and in Europe, to respond to and deal with that.

Secondly, it uses Turkey in a way that trivialises and misrepresents its nature, its position and its real importance in the Migration Crisis.

The Foreign Secretary admitted on6 April that he had not foreseen the Migration Crisis in Europe.

The Migration Crisis in the eastern and central Mediterranean is presenting new challenges to our near neighbours in Europe.

Through its leading role in the ISSG, Britain is also at the forefront of the international effort to end the Syrian civil war - a precondition to defeating Daesh and dealing with the Migration Crisis in Europe.

The way that the EU and Turkey have been able to co-operate to tackle the Migration Crisis and the steps taken to reinvigorate relationships illustrate that there is potential.

One of the biggest ongoing challenges facing the world is the Migration Crisis.

I used to think we lost out on tourism and business visitors by not being in Schengen; now we are fortunate, given the Migration Crisis and security concerns, not to be in Schengen.

The Present Migration Crisis illustrates well that the European Union is not a superstate.

Also in response to the committee's report, the Government say that they are working to assist in building greater judicial and law enforcement capacity from source and transit countries for the Migration Crisis as part of the Organised Crime Taskforce by exploiting every opportunity at source, in transit countries and Europe, to destroy the operating model of organised crime groups involved in organised immigration crime.

The UK's response to the Migration Crisis must be comprehensive, utilising expertise and resources from across government and law enforcement.

Whatever happens, the Government remain firmly committed to leading the way in working with the international community to tackle the Migration Crisis.