HC Deb 05 March 2001 vol 364 c14W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the number of refugees in Guinea. [151684]

Clare Short

There are currently around 310,000 Sierra Leonean refugees, and around 122,000 Liberian refugees, in Guinea. Many have been there for a number of years. There are also significant numbers of internally displaced Guineans in the south of the country, in the area adjoining the Liberian and Sierra Leone borders.