Member

Let me touch on the point raised by the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire (Pete Wishart) about the distinction between charities and organisations that work with asylum seekers, and the organised criminal gangs who seek to facilitate illegal entry. That is an important distinction, and we do not want to make it harder to work for those organisations that support asylum seekers, who are often very vulnerable people. I was the chair of the Refugee Survival Trust, and I have worked in local government on support for migrants and refugees, and it is important that we make that support happen. We are talking about criminalising the exploitation component. As we heard from the Minister, that does not affect the work of migration organisations that help migrants.