§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the number of refugees from South Africa now living in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, respectively; and whether he will make further proposals to the United Nations for relieving the burden on these countries' economies, including a proposal for the resettlement of some refugees needing professional training or higher education in other countries of the Commonwealth.
§ Mr. Rowlands:There are 380 South African refugees registered with the appropriate authorities in Botswana, 1,842 in Lesotho and 280 in Swaziland.
The Government will continue to support the efforts of the United Nations to meet the training needs of South African and other refugees. We already provide substantial capital aid to all three countries and in 1978 have contributed US$1 .75 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Southern Africa and £90,000 to the United Nations education and training programme for Southern Africa.