HC Deb 05 April 2000 vol 347 cc471-2W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what provision her Department has made for assistance to members of Burmese ethnic minorities held in Thai refugee camps. [117288]

Clare Short

My Department provides assistance to Burmese refugees in Thailand through a grouping of NGOs called the Burma Border Consortium. This Consortium supports around 106,000 Burmese refugees from the Karen and Karenni ethnic minorities in Thailand. Over the last two years, DFID has provided the Burma Border Consortium with £537,500 for its work.