HC Deb 23 May 1994 vol 244 c41W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to investigate cases cited by Amnesty International where refugees from Iraq after the 1991 Gulf war were mistreated by the Saudi Arabian authorities.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees has a permanent office in the refugee camp at Rafha and is studying the report. During her visit to Saudi Arabia in January 1993, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mrs. Ogata, expressed her appreciation to the Saudi authorities for the high living standards that they have provided for the refugees.