Refugees and Migrants (Search and Rescue Operation)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee – in the House of Commons at 10:32 am on 30 October 2014.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Labour, Huddersfield 10:32, 30 October 2014

I am not going to beat the Minister over the head on this, because Members on all sides of the House share a great responsibility for the turmoil in the middle east and other places, which has caused much of the migration in the first place. I would say, however, that morally I cannot stand by without saying that I think it is repugnant that we leave children and families to perish in this way. What I dislike is that we do not have an alternative positive policy. We know the point of embarkation for many people—often Libya—so why can we not have a European partnership to tackle the problem proactively?