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Written Question
Middle East: Islamic State
Wednesday 4th May 2016

Asked by: Neil Carmichael (Conservative - Stroud)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of ISIL on migration flows in the Middle East.

Answered by Desmond Swayne

The appalling violence that Daesh inflicts is a contributory factor to migration both within and from the Middle East. There are 13.5 million vulnerable and displaced people inside Syria, and over 4.8 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring counties. That is why the UK has pledged over £2.3 billion to Syria and the region, the largest ever UK response to a humanitarian crisis.