Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing overseas assistance to Haiti to help tackle flooding in that country.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government is contributing to relief efforts through the Start Fund: a UK-based, NGO-managed, multi-donor, pooled fund for humanitarian response. The Start Fund has allocated nearly £390k to ACTED, ActionAid and World Jewish Relief to carry out relief activities in Haiti. The UK is the largest donor to the Start Fund and also provides central contributions to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Office which is currently providing food assistance to over 30k affected people.
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Haiti is on the edge of collapse, and only 100 nautical miles away are the Turks and Caicos islands, - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We have seen a rise in the number of people making the dangerous journey by sea from Haiti to TCI. - Speech Link
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting communiqués, April 2024Found: Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UK Mission to the European Union, USA, Venezuela, Yemen, Haiti
Nov. 13 2008
Source Page: Table showing NINo registrations to adult overseas national s for each quarter from January 2004 to March 2008, broken down by nationality. 21 p.Found: -0.01Guyana0.110.110.080.090.120.12Guyana0.110.10.10.080.070.09Guyana0.120.070.070.070.05Haiti------Haiti
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Haitian counterpart on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Rising instability in Haiti has led to increased numbers of people departing to nearby countries, including the UK Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). The UK and TCI Governments are working with international partners including the Haitian authorities, and through our role on the UNSC, to build a coordinated response that addresses the root causes of irregular migration from Haiti to TCI. The UK continues to provide TCI with support to strengthen its borders, including through border security expertise and the lease of a maritime surveillance aircraft.
Apr. 26 2023
Source Page: The situation in Haiti remains bleak and it is getting worse.Found: The situation in Haiti remains bleak and it is getting worse.
Apr. 26 2023
Source Page: The situation in Haiti remains bleak and it is getting worseFound: The situation in Haiti remains bleak and it is getting worse
Jan. 16 2024
Source Page: Table showing median gross hourly earnings of earnings of employees by nationality, January to December 2019, Annual Population Survey. 12p.Found: Germany15.73Ghana9.38Gibraltar*Kiribati*Greece12.030000000000001Greenland*Grenada*Guadeloupe*Guam*Guatemala*Guinea*Guyana*Haiti
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: British Embassy Oman Campaign Goal 3: EvaluationFound: Republic of the Congo (L)Djibouti (LM)Eritrea (L)Ethiopia (L)Gambia (L)Guinea (LM)Guinea-Bissau (L)Haiti
Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political and security situation in Haiti, particularly the level of crime and gang violence in that country.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
The UK is following closely the deteriorating political and security situation in Haiti and the impact this is having on the Haitian people. We encourage international partners to work together to assist in Haitian-led efforts to tackle the underlying causes of gang violence. UK officials are actively engaged in UN Security Council discussions on Haiti, including those on security. We will continue to work with our international partners to build a coordinated and coherent response.