Syria: Humanitarian Aid

(asked on 24th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to provide humanitarian support to displaced people in Syria.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 2nd March 2020

We are gravely concerned about escalating regime and Russian military action and its humanitarian impact in North West Syria, where more than 948,000 people have been displaced since 1 December, of which 80% are women and children. Many of these people have been displaced multiple times and many more are at risk of imminent further displacement.

In response to increased needs, this financial year DFID has allocated £118 million to organisations delivering aid cross border primarily into North West Syria. This has helped to provide hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people with food, clean water, shelter, and healthcare including psychosocial support. We have provided funding to response partners including the UN to preposition essential supplies to support innocent families and civilians displaced by conflict, and are supporting all our partners to respond to this humanitarian crisis.

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