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825331

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific steps they are taking to ensure that refugee children in Greece are treated in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and enjoy the Convention rights to survival, protection and education.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL4864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Greek government is leading on support to refugee children. The UK contributes to these efforts via the European Union who has allocated more than €1 billion of funding to Greece to help it deal with the migration crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office are in frequent contact with the Greek authorities, both at official and ministerial level, to discuss the situation for migrants including children in Greece. The UK is also providing support to help the Greek authorities, European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the European Commission deal with flows of migrants, including by deploying experts and interpreters on the Greek islands as well as specialists to the EU Commission team in Athens.</p><p> </p><p>Further, as announced by the Home Secretary on 19 January this year, the Government has amended the eligibility date for section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, to ensure that Greece is able to transfer some of the most vulnerable unaccompanied migrant children to the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2018 16:47:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

818597

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees regarding (1) the work needed to improve conditions for refugees in the camp at Moria on Lesbos, and (2) the resettlement or repatriation of other refugees on the islands and mainland of Greece.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK government is supporting the European Union, who, with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other partners, is working tirelessly with the Greek government to improve conditions for refugees.</p><p>EU efforts include supporting the government to accelerate procedures to reduce the time asylum seekers stay on islands such as Lesbos, transferring vulnerable people to the mainland and improving accommodation on the islands.</p><p>The UK provides expert staff to strengthen EU efforts in two areas: accelerating asylum processes, and supporting the Greek authorities to improve conditions for migrants in the hotspots.</p><p>The UK also continues to work with UNHCR on resettling vulnerable refugees directly from regions affected by conflict. The UK has welcomed over 9,300 vulnerable refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme since it began in 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/01/2018 13:27:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

807261

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that a proportion of their aid for refugees, together with that of the EU and other international partner donors, goes to Middle Eastern and other refugees now in Greece, and in particular on the Aegean Islands; and if so, what proportion of that aid they intend to provide to those refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In response to the refugee crisis in Greece, the UK has provided 500,000 relief items such as tents, blankets and clothes, and delivered more than 1.4 million meals to vulnerable migrants and refugees. In addition to this support to Greece (totalling £39 million), the UK has pledged £2.46 billion in aid to Syria and the surrounding region, reducing the need for people to take perilous journeys to Europe.</p><p>Since early 2016, substantial EU funding, including a significant UK contribution, has been made available for refugees in Greece. At the same time, there has been a considerable reduction in the number of people arriving. Whilst the UK continues to deploy expert staff to ease overcrowding on the islands, our bilateral humanitarian work has come to an end. We are now focussing our efforts on the Central Mediterranean, where large numbers of refugees and migrants are still making the risky journeys.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2017 13:33:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

694329

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to ensure that the UN Population Fund’s requirement for $2.996 million to provide sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services in Greece, as set out on page 66 of the UNHCR <i>Regional Refugee and Migration Response Plan for Europe January to December 2017</i>, is met; and how much they will contribute towards meeting this requirement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID is providing £4.7 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to deliver the 2017 Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe. This includes protection from sexual and gender based violence and supports access to sexual and reproductive health services in Greece but is not earmarked to a specific agency.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/03/2017 17:38:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

681825

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of UK aid to refugees in Greece is earmarked for sexual and reproductive health, including access to hospital maternity services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID funding supports improved access to health care for refugees in Greece, according to need. We do not earmark funding for particular health services. Our support provides access to sexual and reproductive health services, including maternity services such as medical services for pregnant and breastfeeding women.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/02/2017 15:50:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

681826

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will support the procurement of essential sexual and reproductive health commodities, including modern family planning methods, for all refugees in Greece.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID supports access to sexual and reproductive health services for refugees in Greece. This includes provision of essential commodities, including family planning methods.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/02/2017 16:09:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

681828

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether  they give financial or other support to the Faros project in Greece which provides accommodation for young refugee boys who are at risk of sexual exploitation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK provides funding for safe spaces for unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in Greece. This includes support to the Faros-run shelter in Athens.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/02/2017 15:50:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

677401

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support they have given during the last two years to (1) the government of Greece, and (2) non-governmental organisations working in Greece, to help tackle the refugee crisis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK has not given financial support directly to the Greek government. It has provided £15.4 million to non-governmental organisations working in Greece, to help tackle the refugee crisis. This has provided vital assistance such as food, clean water and safe shelter, as well as access to protection services and psychosocial care.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2017 17:21:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

677512

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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	Greece: 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 diplomatic assistance the Government has given to Greece to help accommodate and care for refugees in that country; and what steps the (a) Government and (b) EU are taking to achieve resettlement for those people.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	61100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting Greece with the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement, which is helping reduce migrant flows across the Aegean. The UK has committed up to £34 million to support vulnerable refugees and migrants in Greece. At the end of 2016 the UK provided 40 case-workers over the winter to support Greece in handling refugees. This is in addition to the 75 staff we had already provided.</p><p>The UK works with the Greek authorities to identify unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who may be eligible for resettlement in UK, here, and are working with Greece to identify unaccompanied refugee children. The EU currently also has a resettlement programme, which the UK is not part of.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/01/2017 14:18:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe