Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in recruiting Afghan refugees and child soldiers to fight in Syria and Iraq.

​We are aware of reports of Afghan refugees and child soldiers being recruited for deployment in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, but the detail is difficult to verify given the environment on the ground. The UK is committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and protecting children affected by armed conflict.