Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) financial situation of the Zimbabwean diaspora in South Africa.

There are an estimated 300,000 Zimbabweans in South Africa on Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) and we note that the South African Government has extended these permits until June 2023. We are also aware that there are estimated 2-5 million Zimbabweans living undocumented in South Africa. We do not collect data on their health, wellbeing or financial situation. Minister Ford, my predecessor as Minister for Africa, discussed a broad range of issues, including Zimbabwe, during her recent visit to South Africa.