I am in broad agreement with much of what the hon. Gentleman says, but there is another aspect on which he has not touched. He said earlier, I think, that people traffickers lead this trade. I suggest to him gently that, in fact, they are the product of it. One reason why they are a product of it is that they are filling a vacuum because there are no proper safe and legal routes. If we put in safe and legal routes, along with proper action on an international basis, we will be part of the way to excising the cancer of the people traffickers.
Refugee Family Reunion
Proceeding contribution from
Alistair Carmichael
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 June 2018.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Refugee Family Reunion.
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