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1130164

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	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Libya: Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2019 to Question 248760 on Libya: Undocumented Migrants, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the urgent humanitarian evacuation from Libya of refugees and migrants held in detention centres in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	260618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the situation in Libya and reports of violence in Libyan detention centres. The UK is clear that all parties to the conflict must commit to a ceasefire, ensure unconditional humanitarian access, and return to political talks. All parties to the conflict must do all they can to prevent any further loss of life, including by respecting their obligations under International Humanitarian Law, and evacuating those at risk to safety. The UK has announced a contribution of £1 million to the UN Flash Appeal. This includes: funding to the World Health Organisation to deliver life-saving medical care; and funding to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to improve humanitarian access for agencies on the ground. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $2 million to provide life-saving assistance to civilians caught up in the fighting, including vulnerable migrants and refugees. The UK was the biggest donor to the CERF in 2018, providing £114.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/06/2019 16:48:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1123621

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Libya: Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will support search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean for people trying to flee Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	248761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government currently supports the EU's Operation Sophia through the provision of staff to its Operational Headquarters, although Operation Sophia's naval operations are currently suspended. There is no evidence of an increase in the volumes of migrants seeking to cross the central Mediterranean from Libya to Europe. However, we are monitoring this situation closely. The UK Government continues to call on all parties to the conflict in Libya to commit to a ceasefire, ensure humanitarian access to aid the voluntary evacuation of civilians, and a return to the political process.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/05/2019 15:28:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1077624

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Libya: Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has spent on programmes based in Libya aimed at countering irregular migration from that country; who the Libyan executor was of those programmes; and whether those programmes were funded from the UK aid budget, for each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	226192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Since October 2015, the UK has allocated over £175 million of humanitarian assistance in response to the Mediterranean migration crisis, including substantial support in Libya. Projects related to migration, dating back to 2015, are listed below.</p><p>As part of the Department for International Development's £75 million programme supporting interventions in origin, transit and destination countries across the sub-Saharan and north African migration routes, up to £5 million will be allocated to humanitarian assistance and protection for migrants and refugees in Libya. In addition, a new multi-year programme worth £3.29 million focuses on multi-sector humanitarian assistance and building capacity of primary health care services.</p><p>These programmes illustrate the UK's &quot;whole of route&quot; approach to supporting safe, legal and well-managed migration. Drawing on a range of funding sources, including UK Aid, the UK acts with and through key partners such as the UN High Commissoner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and builds the capacity of key Libyan actors (for example in the criminal justice sector) to provide the long-term capabilities to tackle the associated threats and drivers.</p><p><strong>The information back to 2011 is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</strong></p><ul><li>International Committee of the Red Cross Humanitarian programme in Libya £2 million</li><li>IOM Med Migration programme £0.8 million</li><li>UNHCR Med Migration programme £0.45 million</li><li>IOM Safety Support and Solutions - Support to International Organisation for Migration for direct assistance and protection for migrants inside Libya £1.5 million</li><li>IOM Safety Support and Solutions - IOM AVR (support to voluntary returns) £0.5 million</li><li>UNHCR Safety Support and Solutions (support to UNHCR refugee and returns programmes in North Africa) £2.18 million</li><li>Danish Refugees Council Safety Support and Solutions (to protect women and girls from the heightened risks of trafficking and gender based violence faced in Libya) £1.5 million</li><li>UNHCR North Africa Joint Unit (NAJU) programme (support to UNHCR refugee and returns programmes in North Africa) £0.85 million</li><li>IOM NAJU Conflict Stability and Security Fund programme (support for voluntary returns) £1.7 million</li></ul> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 16:23:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle