Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to internally displaced people; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The UK is committed to meeting the needs of all displaced populations, including Internally Displaced Persons. We are providing more multiyear funding to support internally displaced populations and the communities that host them, through both humanitarian and longer term development programmes including those in Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen.
We support, through core and bilateral funding, some of the key agencies involved in IDP response, including the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).