HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 c356W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response has been made by Her Majesty's Government to the appeal made in early April by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for donors to meet an increased requirement for !27.5 million to aid 150,000 additional refugees arrived in Bangladesh.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees appealed to the international community on 9 March 1992. The United Kingdom responded on 24 March with a contribution of £1 million, the largest single contribution made to this appeal. Our contribution via the EC amounts to about £50,000 and we have additionally responded to a Red Cross appeal with a further £200,000.