Burma: Internally Displaced People

(asked on 5th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings they have held with Karen civil society organisations from Burma regarding the withdrawal of British and other financial support to internally displaced people in Karen state.


Answered by
Lord Bates Portrait
Lord Bates
This question was answered on 12th July 2018

DFID has not withdrawn funding to internally displaced people in Karen State. DFID held discussions with Karen civil society organisations in 2017 setting out new arrangements through which they could receive funding. Some organisations have chosen not to apply for this funding.

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