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Written question asked by Lord Fowler (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Vadera (Labour) on Monday, 15 October 2007.

Iraq: Refugees

Question
Further to the answer by Baroness Amos on 11 June (Official Report, col. 1463) that £744 million had been contributed since 1983 to the refugee problem caused by the Iraq conflict, whether they will provide a breakdown of this figure.
Answer

In her answer on 11 June, Baroness Amos referred to the £744 million the UK has pledged for development and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003. This includes contributions from DfID, FCO, MoD, the Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) and the UK's share of EC funding. Some £125 million of the £744 million has been explicitly in contributions for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable Iraqis, including those who have been displaced internally or sought refuge in other countries in the region. The UK has not received any direct requests from the Governments of Jordan and Syria for help to deal with the influx of Iraqi refugees to these countries. DfID has, however, supported internationally mandated humanitarian organisations providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable Iraqis, including refugees. The UK has made the following disbursements since 2003, specifically for internally and externally displaced Iraqis:

£ Sterling
Year ICRC UNHCR IOM
2003 18, 000, 000 1,750,000 -
2004 - - -
2005 10,000,000 - -
2006 4,000,000 - -
2007 7,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000
Total 39,000,000 3,250,000 1,000,000

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5347; 695 c35WA
Session
2006-07
Related items
Iraq: Refugees
Monday, 11 June 2007
Oral questions
House of Lords
Iraq: Refugees
Monday, 11 June 2007
Oral answers to questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Development aid Iraq Refugees Syria Iraq conflict Jordan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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