Refugees in Sri Lanka Debate
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Rebecca Pow
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(5 years, 6 months ago)
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Mark Field
I hope the hon. Lady will excuse me if I write to her with more specific details once I have them to hand.
Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con)
Will my right hon. Friend commend the local Muslim communities who have already given many refugees shelter in mosques? What more can this country do to help with those camps, which appear to be pretty unpalatable at present?
Mark Field
As my hon. Friend says, this can only be a short-term, interim measure, and we need something much more sustainable in future. The Government are spending £8.3 million of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund money on interfaith dialogue, reconciliation, police reform and training and de-mining in Sri Lanka, and a large sum on a wide range of other work, but I hope that elements of that can be used to deal with this urgent problem as well.