Sudan: Migrant Camps

(asked on 21st May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the planned closure of the Kalma refugee camp in Darfur; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 30th May 2018

We are not aware of any official plans by the Government of Sudan to close the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Darfur.

When UK officials raised recent media reports with him on 9 May, the Governor of South Darfur, Adam El-Faki stated that while the Government of Sudan wanted to find a sustainable solution for Darfur's IDP population, some of whom has been living in camps for over ten years, it had no current plans to close the camp.

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