London, November 2
Cooperation on migration and security issues was on the agenda at a meeting between UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami here, nearly a month after her controversial remarks about Indian visa overstayers.
The envoy called on the Indian-origin Cabinet minister on Tuesday to discuss the India-UK security partnership and to “make progress” under the India-UK Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP).
The meeting follows Braverman’s controversial remarks last month that referenced the MMP as not working very well in tackling illegal immigration and visa overstayers from India.
“High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami called on HE Home Secretary Suella Braverman today to discuss India-UK security cooperation, and to make progress under the India-UK Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement,” the Indian High Commission in London tweeted after the meeting.
Braverman in turn referenced the “strong partnership” shared between India and the UK.
“I look forward to working with our friends on mutually shared interests including security and migration,” she tweeted after the meeting.
It is seen as a conciliatory move after the Indian mission had countered the Home Secretary’s allegations that the agreement with the Indian government to encourage and facilitate better cooperation on illegal migration “has not necessarily worked very well”.
