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1182682

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Greek Islands: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the UK Government is providing to the Greek Government in moving refugees from the Greek Islands to a place of safety.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	25209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The British Government remains committed to supporting the Greek Government's efforts to manage migration effectively. Current UK support includes provision of both interpreters in the migrant camps and search and rescue operations in the Aegean.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/03/2020 14:41:18 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1178752

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	Greek Islands: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the (a) overcrowding of the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos and (b) resettlement and repatriation of refugees on (i) other islands and (ii) mainland Greece.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	15101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Our Ambassador last raised the situation of migrants on the Greek islands with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) when the UNHCR visited Greece in November 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/02/2020 17:03:28 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1176080

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Greek Islands: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to assist international partners in improving the (a) living conditions and (b) processing of asylum applications of refugees on the island of Lesvos.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	12298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>New migrant arrivals on the Greek islands are accommodated in Reception and Identification Centres (&quot;hotspots&quot;) while they are processed in line with the 2016 EU/Turkey statement. Due to high numbers of arrivals, some of the hotspots are operating well beyond capacity and conditions for many migrants are poor. The United Kingdom continues to raise concerns about conditions on the islands in discussions with the Greek Government, most recently on 7 February by our Ambassador.</p><p>We are working closely with the Greek Government, who retain responsibility for the situation of migrants in the country. We remain committed to supporting Greece's efforts in dealing with the migration challenge including through providing interpreters to support the Greek Reception Service; a United Kingdom Border Force search-and-rescue cutter in the Aegean; and over £500,000 to support the humanitarian needs of migrants on the islands for the 2019/20 winter.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 12/02/2020 09:53:49 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

820007

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Greek Islands: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on conditions in refugee camps on the Greek islands (a) Chios, (b) Kos, (c) Leros, (d) Lesbos and (e) Samos.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	122079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Greek Government figures for the capacity and actual number of migrants in camps on the five Greek islands in question as of 11 January can be summarised as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Island</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capacity </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Latest population</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chios</p></td><td><p>894</p></td><td><p>1676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kos</p></td><td><p>772</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leros</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesvos</p></td><td><p>2330</p></td><td><p>5492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samos</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>2572</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are concerned about the overcrowded conditions in many of the camps. This is partly as a result of higher than expected numbers of arrivals over the winter months. In response to the migration crisis in Greece, the UK provided 500,000 relief items such as tents, blankets and clothes, and delivered more than 1.4 million meals to vulnerable migrants and refugees. The UK's humanitarian support to Greece totalled £39 million between 2015 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/01/2018 15:36:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

438494

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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	Greek Islands: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have received, if any, about Turkish and Greek coastguards attacking boats of refugees near the Greek islands, thus endangering life.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2015 answer text We are aware of news stories about boats of refugees being attacked near Greek islands, but have seen no evidence to substantiate these reports. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/12/2015 14:15:33 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton