§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's definition is of burden sharing with regard to the admission and residence of refugees from third countries.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerBurden sharing is not a precise term. In this context it is taken to mean a proportion sharing out of persons displaced by events, such as the conflict in the former Yugoslavia; it is also used more generally to describe the overall response of the international community to such events.