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Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Monday, 11 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 March 2019. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 18 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Yemen: Migration

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Yemenis who have migrated from Saudi Arabia to Yemen in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 to date.

Answer

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that 73,190 Yemenis returned to Yemen from Saudi Arabia in 2018.

Data was not collected by IOM in 2017 and they are yet to release data for 2019.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
230626
Session
2017-19
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Migration Saudi Arabia Yemen
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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