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What financial support is being given to Christians in Mosul who have moved to the Nineveh Plain, Kurdistan and Syria following the events of 7 to 9 October.
What financial support is being given to Christians in Mosul who have moved to the Nineveh Plain, Kurdistan and Syria following the events of 7 to 9 October.
Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe
(Labour)
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6 November 2008
Approximately 2,400 Iraqi Christians have fled Mosul over the past three weeks to the Nineveh Plain, Syria and Kurdistan. Those displaced are currently being hosted by families or in churches and other public buildings.
The Department for International Development's (DfID) assistance and protection for these Iraqi Christians is delivered by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), as part of our wider financial support this year for work with Iraqi internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees.
UNHCR responded by rapidly sending an international team to Mosul. Together with the ICRC and the WFP, it has distributed emergency assistance including food parcels, blankets and hygiene kits to those displaced. UNHCR is also engaged in providing emergency shelter and shelter rehabilitation in Mosul and across Nineveh.
Within Iraq, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) is registering new internally displaced people (IDPs). The MoDM is also due to provide cash payments to IDPs who have fled Mosul. A legal office is being established in Bartellah, in order to administer these grants. IDPs from Mosul in Kurdistan and Nineveh are being registered on a single database which will make the registration process quicker and more reliable.
In Syria, UNHCR has fast-tracked the registration of those refugees from Mosul who have travelled to Damascus and Aleppo (around 40 families). Field officers travelled to the Qamishli area close to Iraq, where refugees have been arriving. Following registration, families facing financial difficulties are assessed for emergency grants and food assistance.
The security situation in Mosul has now improved and the flow of displaced people has stopped. Attention is turning to sustainability over the next few months. The UN held a co-ordination meeting on 27 October involving UN agencies, the ICRC, the International Medical Corps (IMC) and the MoDM, with the aim of agreeing how to meet the needs of families displaced for up to three months.
Subjects
International assistance; Iraq; Protection; Refugees; Internally displaced people; Christianity
Date
6 November 2008
Reference
5995; 705 c83-4WA
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:How they are providing international protection for Iraqi Christians who have moved to the Nineveh Plain following the events in Mosul of 7 to 9 October; and
asked Her Majesty's Government:How they are providing international protection for Iraqi Christians who have moved to the Nineveh Plain following the events in Mosul of 7 to 9 October; and
Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 November 2008
Approximately 2,400 Iraqi Christians have fled Mosul over the past three weeks to the Nineveh Plain, Syria and Kurdistan. Those displaced are currently being hosted by families or in churches and other public buildings.
The Department for International Development's (DfID) assistance and protection for these Iraqi Christians is delivered by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), as part of our wider financial support this year for work with Iraqi internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees.
UNHCR responded by rapidly sending an international team to Mosul. Together with the ICRC and the WFP, it has distributed emergency assistance including food parcels, blankets and hygiene kits to those displaced. UNHCR is also engaged in providing emergency shelter and shelter rehabilitation in Mosul and across Nineveh.
Within Iraq, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) is registering new internally displaced people (IDPs). The MoDM is also due to provide cash payments to IDPs who have fled Mosul. A legal office is being established in Bartellah, in order to administer these grants. IDPs from Mosul in Kurdistan and Nineveh are being registered on a single database which will make the registration process quicker and more reliable.
In Syria, UNHCR has fast-tracked the registration of those refugees from Mosul who have travelled to Damascus and Aleppo (around 40 families). Field officers travelled to the Qamishli area close to Iraq, where refugees have been arriving. Following registration, families facing financial difficulties are assessed for emergency grants and food assistance.
The security situation in Mosul has now improved and the flow of displaced people has stopped. Attention is turning to sustainability over the next few months. The UN held a co-ordination meeting on 27 October involving UN agencies, the ICRC, the International Medical Corps (IMC) and the MoDM, with the aim of agreeing how to meet the needs of families displaced for up to three months.
Subjects
International assistance; Iraq; Protection; Refugees; Internally displaced people; Christianity
Date
6 November 2008
Reference
705 c83-4WA; 5994
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their assessment of the appeal made by local aid organisations and the United Nations Refugee Agency on 12 May for $127 million to help Iraqi internally displaced persons and refugees until the end of 2008.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their assessment of the appeal made by local aid organisations and the United Nations Refugee Agency on 12 May for $127 million to help Iraqi internally displaced persons and refugees until the end of 2008.
Asked by
Baroness Northover
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
26 June 2008
International donors have already contributed $134 million to the UNHCR's 2008 Iraq appeal, which is primarily designed to address the needs of Iraqi refugees in the region. The UNHCR has now asked for a further $127 million, in order to meet its 2008 Iraq appeal target of $261 million.
DfID has already contributed a total of £17 million for humanitarian assistance to Iraq this year, including £3 million to the UNHCR appeal—making the UK its fourth largest donor. We have also committed: £7 million to the International Committee for the Red Cross; £5 million to the UN Consolidated Appeal for Iraq; and £2 million to the World Food Programme (WFP). Since 2003, the UK has committed over £149 million in humanitarian assistance for Iraq.
It is important to note that the UNHCR Iraq appeal was only announced in January of this year, and we can still expect some international donors who have not yet pledged funds to do so in the coming months.
Subjects
Development aid; International assistance; Iraq; Refugees; Internally displaced people; UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date
26 June 2008
Reference
3846; 702 c266WA
House
House of Lords