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Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Monday, 23 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 January 2006. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 February 2006 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Rohingya People

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of Rohingya people living in (a) Bangladesh, (b) Pakistan, (c) Saudi Arabia, (d) United Arab Emirates, (e) Malaysia and (f) Thailand.
Answer

We do not normally hold figures for the total number of Rohingya people living in third countries.However, inquiries carried out by our Missions suggest that there are between 450,000 and 500,000 Rohingyas living in Saudi Arabia, 11,000 in Malaysia and between 150,000 and 220,000 in Bangladesh. We have no overall figure for Rohingyas living in Pakistan, but there are an estimated 80,000 living in Karachi.There are no figures available for Thailand or the United Arab Emirates.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45555; 442 c535W;442 c535W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Malaysia Pakistan Saudi Arabia Thailand Bangladesh United Arab Emirates Rohingya
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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