Interministerial Group for Safety, Security and Migration Communiqué: 21 May 2025
Updated 2 September 2025
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The Home Office Interministerial Group (IMG) for Safety, Security and Migration met via videoconference on Wednesday 21 May 2025.
The meeting was chaired by the Home Office Lords Minister, the Rt Hon Lord Hanson of Flint.
The Ministers in attendance were:
- From the Welsh Government: Jane Hutt CBE MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip.
- From the Scottish Government: Kaukab Stewart MSP, Minister for Equalities.
- From the Northern Ireland Executive: Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, deputy First Minister, and Aisling Reilly MLA, Executive Office Junior Minister.
In the IMG, Ministers engaged in a dialogue across regular and irregular migration matters, including the recently published Immigration White Paper and associated Labour Market Evidence Group, as well as asylum and resettlement accommodation across the UK.
All Ministers agreed the importance of continuing to work closely together on these areas to ensure successful delivery for citizens across the whole of the UK.
It was agreed that the next meeting of the Home Office IMG would take place in October 2025.