Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government provides to people forcibly displaced from Sudan to third countries with time limited visas to remain in the third country.

On 4 May, the Government announced £5 million of life-saving aid to help meet the urgent needs of refugees and returnees in South Sudan and Chad who have fled the violence in Sudan. The UK will provide assistance such as safe drinking water, food, medical care and shelter to people in need, as well as supporting Gender Based Violence protective services. It is a longstanding principle of the Government that those in need of protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. The Government's current refugee resettlement schemes allow the UK to support the most vulnerable refugees direct from regions of conflict and instability. The UK is pursuing all diplomatic avenues to end the violence in Sudan, to de-escalate tensions and to secure humanitarian access.