Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) It is crucial that we take steps to safeguard children, and avoid lengthy legal challenges that prevent - Speech Link
2: None Lords amendment 7B, on the age assessment of unaccompanied children, again asks quite reasonably that - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The mass migration of people—refugees, or those fleeing from the consequences of climate change, seeking - Speech Link
4: Claudia Webbe (Ind - Leicester East) The late Tony Benn put it well when he said that how Governments treat refugees is an indication of how - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) mental health, and then are eventually found to be children, as all the statistics demonstrate. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimate by the General Coordination of Camps for the Displaced and Refugees in Sudan that over 560 children have died from malnutrition during the last 11 months of the war in that country, and of UNICEF’s prediction that 700,000 Sudanese children will suffer severe malnutrition in 2024, and what steps they are taking in response.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We remain a committed donor to Sudan and provided £42.6 million in humanitarian aid to support people there in 2023-2024, including £12.2 million to UNICEF for lifesaving nutrition activities. In this new financial year, UK bilateral ODA to Sudan will nearly double to £89 million. Funding for South Sudan was increased to £7.75 million, which includes £3.5 million for food security in the Maban refugees camps. The lack of humanitarian access continues to make it extremely difficult for humanitarian organisations to provide the necessary levels of assistance. On 8 March, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2724, led by the UK, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the month of Ramadan and underlining the urgency of humanitarian access. We condemn the fact that the warring parties have not heeded this Resolution.
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: Convention” means the 1951 United Nations C onvention and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: Convention” means the 1951 United Nations C onvention and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024Found: Convention” means the 1951 United Nations Convention and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Call to establish safe routes for people fleeing Gaza: letter to UK GovernmentFound: From: Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees Emma RoddickTo: UK Government Minister for Legal
Apr. 11 2024
Source Page: National Age Assessment Board: caseworker guidanceFound: • they claim to be adults but are suspected to be children • they are accepted to be children, but
Apr. 11 2024
Source Page: Donations to UNRWA for Gaza: FOI releaseFound: redact ed] Option 2: Allocate £500,000 of SG funding to UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees
Apr. 10 2024
Source Page: Partnerships for People and Place: learning and evaluation reportFound: benefits, mental health, substance misuse, carers, and physical health as well as targeted support to refugees
Apr. 04 2024
Source Page: Category A project under consideration: Electrification Project, Uíge Province, AngolaFound: disorganized manner due to the dispersion of urban areas and the unbalanced growth of areas inhabited by refugees