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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/825331/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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 \u20ac1 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>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/681826", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they will support the procurement of essential sexual and reproductive health commodities, including modern family planning methods, for all refugees in Greece.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s 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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/200", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Tonge"}
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