HL Deb 14 April 2000 vol 612 cc69-70WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the current budget of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the 900,000 or so displaced people living in Serbia. [HL1887]

Baroness Amos

The UNHCR budget for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, excluding Kosovo, currently stands at $58,639,600. Of this, $51,739,600 is for Serbia and $6,900,000 is for Montenegro.

With regard to the figure for displaced persons in Serbia and Montenegro, we understand from the UNHCR that this now stands at a total of 700,000. Of these, there are around 500,000 refugees (largely from Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina) and 200,000 internally displaced from Kosovo.