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Written question asked by Matthew Offord (Conservative) on Monday, 20 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 November 2023. It was answered by Leo Docherty (Conservative) on Monday, 27 November 2023 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Cyprus: Turkey

Question

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the number of people that migrated from Turkey to the occupied region of Northern Cyprus since 1983.

Original answer

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. The FCDO does not hold any information about the number of people that emigrated from Turkey to the occupied region in the north of Cyprus since 1983.

The answer was corrected by Leo Docherty (Conservative)

on Monday, 4 December 2023 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Corrected answer

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. The FCDO does not hold any information about the number of people that emigrated from Turkey to the occupied region in the north of Cyprus since 1983.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2566
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Cyprus Migration Refugees Turkey
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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