Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 May 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 June 2002. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Monday, 10 June 2002 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimates he has made of the number of members in farmworkers' families who have been evicted from their homes in Zimbabwe in each month since January 2001. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimates he has made of the number of members in farm workers' families who have been evicted from their homes in Zimbabwe in each month since January 2001. [60173] Mr. MacShane: There are no firm estimates available for the number of farm workers and their families who have been displaced in Zimbabwe since 2001. But from media, NGO and other reporting the number can be measured in tens of thousands.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 60173; 386 c820W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Families Land Farms Evictions Farmers Politics and government Tenure Zimbabwe
Contains statistics: Yes
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