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Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 March 2015. It was answered by Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Sudan

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Sudanese people they assess to have been displaced or to have fled from Blue Nile or South Kordofan to Ethiopia or South Sudan.

Answer

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has a record, as of 28 February 2015, of 233,000 refugees from Sudan in South Sudan.

There are a further 36,000 refugees from Sudan in Ethiopia.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5781
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Armed conflict Refugees Sudan Internally displaced people Ethiopia South Sudan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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