HC Deb 12 November 1996 vol 285 cc129-30W
Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list United Nations refugee camps on the African continent indicating the number of refugees they hold at the most recent available date; and if he will make a statement. [3177]

Dr. Liam Fox

The numbers of refugees in UN camps on the continent of Africa within individual countries are shown in the table. Figures for individual camps within countries are not held centrally.

Refugee population by country 1995
Number 000's
Algeria 219.1
Angola 10.7
Benin 70.4
Burkina Faso 50.0
Burundi 300.3
Cameroon 44.0
Central African Republic 47.8
Congo 15.5
Côte d'Ivoire 360.1
Djibouti 33.4
Egypt 7.2
Ethiopia 348.1
Refugee population by country 1995
Number 000's
Gambia 2.2
Ghana 113.7
Guinea 553.2
Guinea-Bassau 23.9
Kenya 252.4
Liberia 120.0
Libya 2.0
Malawi 90.2
Mali 15.8
Mauritania 82.2
Namibia 1.1
Niger 15.1
Nigeria 6.0
Rwanda 6.0
Senegal 73.0
Sierra Leone 15.9
South Africa 91.9
Sudan 727.2
Tanzania 883.3
Togo 12.4
Uganda 286.5
Zaire 1,724.4
Zambia 141.1
Zimbabwe 2.2
Other Countries 3.7
Total Africa region 6,752.0

Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the United Nations refugee camps in the Gulf area indicating the number of refugees they contain at the most recent date; and if he will make a statement. [3174]

Dr. Fox

The numbers of refugees in UN camps in the Gulf area within individual countries are shown in the table. Figures for individual camps within countries are not held centrally.

Number 000's
Iran 2,236.4
Iraq 119.6
Saudi Arabia 18.0
Total Gulf region 2,374.0

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