Create a compassionate Euro-wide policy to deal with refugee migrants in Calais

Action is required because recently, people who are risking their lives to enter the UK have been dehumanised. Living in squalor, described as 'The Jungle',we (Britons)have lost sight of the desperate need these people have for safety. The UK must take fair action that treats people with compassion.

'The Jungle' in Calais currently houses over 2500 people, many of whom are children and/or pregnant women.These people have experienced the horror and trauma of getting to Europe and should be treated with care.The solution should be that all people entering Europe are dealt with by the country they enter.They are then provided with care and allocated across Europe's 28 member states which would be in proportion to the country's population. This will immediately eradicate the 'migrant crisis '.

As part of the UK-France declaration, signed by the Home Secretary and the French Interior Minister on 20 August, our two Governments agreed that there will be increased observation in the camp at Calais to identify those who are especially vulnerable or potential victims of trafficking. A system for transferring those who are especially vulnerable, or potential victims of trafficking, to places of safety and offer those people advice and support will also be put in place.

The Government is also working closely with France and other EU and international partners to improve border security and asylum processing capacity both within the EU and further upstream. The UK, furthermore, is playing a leading role in pushing for action through the EU and the UN to tackle the causes of illegal immigration and the organised trafficking gangs behind it, as well as increasing support and protection for those who need it.

The Government fully supports the use of the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin Regulation is the EU instrument that determines which single State is responsible for examining an asylum claim and is designed to prevent “asylum shopping” where an individual moves between States to seek the most attractive regime of protection, and “refugees in orbit” where no single State permits access to an asylum procedure.

A person who is in genuine need of international protection should not travel through a safe country illegally and then choose where to claim asylum. If we have evidence that an asylum seeker is the responsibility of another European country we can and will seek to return them there under the Dublin Regulation.