Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Burma in response to the recent reported air strike by the Burmese military against an amber mining camp in Noije, Kachin State on 26 January.

The UK is concerned about the apparent intensification of conflict in Kachin State, including credible reports of human rights abuses and violations. We raised our concerns at the UN Human Rights Council on 19 September 2017. The British Ambassador in Rangoon visited Kachin State from 8 to 10 January to discuss the situation with local political and religious leaders as well as UN and non-governmental organisation representatives, and to visit an Internally Displaced Persons camp.