– 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by on 2016-05-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Human Rights Watch report of 2014 I Wanted to Lie Down and Die, which stated that people trafficking was facilitated by collusion between traffickers and Sudanese and Egyptian police”

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

While we welcome the positive steps the Government of Sudan has taken, including passing anti-trafficking legislation and acceding to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, we are concerned by reports of collusion between Sudanese border officials and traffickers. We continue to raise these concerns directly with the Government of Sudan and press for action.