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1677287

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date	12/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Rwanda: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of refugees relocated to Rwanda via resettlement schemes from other countries.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	6415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>In October 2023, Rwanda hosted 135,000 refugees and asylum seekers, mainly from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).</p><p>Rwanda hosts the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM), which facilitates the temporary evacuation of refugees and asylum-seekers from Libya. By September 2023, 1,737 refugees and asylum seekers had arrived in Rwanda under the ETM. Once in Rwanda, the UNHCR registers and verifies the refugees and asylum seekers and determines their refugee status. Rwanda currently hosts 698 refugees and asylum seekers under this scheme, pending resettlement in third countries. They also have the option of returning to their home countries or staying and integrating in Rwanda, although no refugees have chosen this so far.</p><p>We are also aware from open source reporting of refugees from Afghanistan and Sudan who have successfully resettled in Rwanda, including:</p><p>a) The entire student body of the School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA), a girls' boarding school which relocated from Kabul to Rwanda after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Nearly 250 members of the SOLA community, including all 100 students, arrived in Rwanda. More Afghan students continue to arrive and live/stay at the school in Rwanda each year.</p><p>b) Sudan's University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) relocated to Rwanda because of civil war in its home country. The UMST plans to transfer over 7,000 students to Rwanda. So far, 280 students have arrived in Kigali, been granted student visas, and are continuing their studies.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 18/12/2023 11:58:36 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1327288

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Hitachi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will use a different risk assessment for Hitachi Intercity Class 800 series trains that have already been welded; and whether risk assessments will take into account that some cracks may not be visible.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	6415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>We expect Hitachi to work with train operators, and the independent ORR (Office of Road and Rail) to ensure that trains are able to operate safely and to assess and refine risk assessments as the future repair program develops.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/05/2021 11:59:10 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1166814

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date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Business: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings on the UK leaving the EU his Department has had with businesses with supply chains connected to the EU in (a) Chester and (b) the North West to help prepare those businesses for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	6415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Since July 2016, the Department for Exiting the European Union has organised over 850 recorded engagements with business and civil society stakeholders from every sector and major region of the UK economy. DExEU Ministers have attended over 120 roundtable meetings on preparedness and a wide range of other EU exit topics, and have met national business and sectoral organisations that represent the key industries of the North West’s economy.</p><p>Ministers continue to conduct an extensive programme of visits across the UK to engage with business and civil society stakeholders on EU exit. Ministers have visited Chambers of Commerce across the North West, and organisations with supply chains closely connected to the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 31/10/2019 10:50:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson