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Alan James Carter Duncan
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<p>British aid is supporting humanitarian assistance in Kachin state, Burma, which is being delivered by a number of Kachin-based NGOs. Around 27,000 internally displaced people have received assistance in the areas of food security, shelter, water, sanitation, health and bedding. Further support is planned.</p><p>Along the border between Thailand and Burma, British aid supports humanitarian needs for internally displaced people inside Burma by providing food security, sanitation and grants to help with the cost of schooling. We also provide food, shelter, other necessities and improved access to legal assistance to approximately 140,000 Burmese refugees in camps in Thailand. The total allocation for this work from 2009 to 2012 is more than £8 million. DFID will be implementing a new programme of humanitarian assistance for those fleeing conflict along the Thai-Burma border later this year.</p><p>During visits to Burma from the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell), all pressed the Burmese Government on the need for humanitarian access to conflict areas in Burma. I also raised this issue with Shwe Mann, Burma's Speaker of the Lower House, when he visited the UK in May.</p>
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Department for International Development
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