Vietnam, UK sign agreement on illegal migration

Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on tackling illegal migration in London on Wednesday. Colonel Vu Van Hung, deputy head of the Immigration Department at Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security, and Michael Tomlinson, the UK’s Minister for Countering Illegal Migration, signed a joint statement of cooperation to fight illegal migration and reaffirm the two countries’ strong partnership, according to the Vietnam News Agency. Moreover, Vietnam and the UK will collaborate on a joint action plan to combat human trafficking, aiming to safeguard vulnerable individuals. "Illegal migration is a global problem that requires global solutions," Tomlinson said on gov.uk, a United Kingdom public sector information website. Hanoi and London signed the agreement as the number of people having illegally migrated to the UK is on the rise.