Recommendation 38

HM Government · verbatim extract Accepted in Part

The UK-EU Summit in May 2025 signalled a renewed phase of law enforcement and judicial cooperation. Both parties set out a number of areas where we will seek to enhance our cooperation to protect our publics and increase the safety and security of UK and EU citizens, and we continue to engage with the EU on the delivery of these commitments. The Government will not be providing a running commentary of these exploratory discussions but we remain committed to keeping Parliament updated on significant developments. On extradition, while our assessment is that the surrender chapter of the TCA is functioning effectively, we remain committed to identifying and implementing further opportunities for improvement to ensure robust and efficient extradition cooperation takes place between the UK and EU Member States. Practically this means finding ways to further improve the efficiency of the existing framework, working to remove procedural delays where possible, and reflecting on operational learning from the five years since the TCA has been in force. On irregular migration, the Government continues to engage with the EU to deliver our commitments under the Common Understanding. Our officials are engaged in constructive discussions with EU counterparts to progress our cooperation with certain agencies and networks, including the European Migration Network and the EU Asylum Agency, as well as the Khartoum and Rabat Processes. This will help enhance our ability to share information, build capacity and coordinate approaches. We are also working with the EU to better coordinate our efforts upstream, and on our approaches to issues like returns, and continuing to cooperate closely with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex.