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Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 May 2008. It was answered by Shahid Malik (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 June 2008 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Iraq: Asylum

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of Iraqi refugees in (a) Syria, (b) Lebanon, (c) Jordan and (d) Iran.
Answer

The Office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) leads on estimating Iraqi refugee numbers in the region. In their latest April-May situation report, they estimated the following:"Syria -1.2 to 1.5 million Iraqi refugees""Jordan - 450,000 to 500,000""Lebanon - 20,000 to 50,000""Iran - 57,000"UNHCR has registered some 280,000 refugees throughout the region, including 194,273 in Syria and 53,000 in Jordan.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
476 c1024W; 207687
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Asylum Iraq
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk