ensure refugees claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, and help those countries support the refugee so they don t have to make the perilous journey to refugee so they don t have to make the perilousjourney to europe. and we need a better overall approach to managing economic migration. one which recognises that all countries have the right to control their borders. later this evening, we will begin our discussions on the western balkans. i will make clear my concerns about the potential for increased instability in that region, and the risks that presents to our collective security. i will call for the international community to therefore do more to tackle organised crime in the region, including by working more closely with our western balkans partners. and in light of the alleged montenegro coup plot, i will call for us to do more to counter destabilising russian disinformation campaigns, and raise the visibility of western commitment to this region. the uk will
good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n