§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the estimates about the number of people in Sierra Leone who have been displaced and the number who have become refugees. [14852]
§ Mr. BaldryAccording to the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs, there are currently 500,000 to 700,000 internally displaced persons in Sierra Leone; in addition it is estimated that, as at the beginning of March282W 1995, there were over 200,000 Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea and a further 120,000 refugees in Liberia.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which British aid organisations are still active in Sierra Leone; and which have withdrawn because of the security situation. [14846]
§ Mr. BaldryBritish NGOs still active in Sierra Leone are Action Aid, CARE (UK), Concern Universal, the British Red Cross and the Methodist Church Overseas Division. Christian Aid, CAFOD and Village Aid are providing help through local organisations.
Voluntary Service Overseas and Water Aid have recently withdrawn for security reasons.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests for international assistance have been made by the Government of Sierra Leone. [14849]
§ Mr. BaldryThere has been no official appeal for international assistance by the Government of Sierra Leone.