Asked by: Stephen Mosley (Conservative - City of Chester)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
Since December 2013, over half a million refugees have fled South Sudan to Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. £58.9 million has been committed by my Department to support these refugees through provision of nutrition, water, medical services and protection. We continue to closely monitor the situation.
Asked by: Stephen Mosley (Conservative - City of Chester)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
Almost half a million South Sudanese refugees have fled from the conflict in South Sudan to Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. £42.5 million has been committed by my Department for support to these refugees through UN agencies and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Asked by: Stephen Mosley (Conservative - City of Chester)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Western Sahara.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is currently monitoring the ceasefire and humanitarian situation in Western Sahara which is stable at present. There remain large numbers of refugees from the Western Sahara in refugee camps in Algeria, and humanitarian agencies report high levels of malnutrition among the refugee population.
The UK provides protection and support to refugees in Algeria through its core contributions to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).