§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made of(a) the number of refugees in Iran and (b) the countries from which these refugees have come; and what assistance she is providing to those refugees. [1339]
§ Clare ShortCurrent estimates are that there are 1.4 million Afghan refugees and 580,000 Iraqi refugees in Iran.
27WIn the last three financial years, the UK Government has spent in Iran, £10,065 million on Afghan refugees, £422,000 on Kurdish refugees and £685,000 on other Iraqi refugees.