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answer text: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what financial resources her Department has allocated toillegal Haitian immigrants with HIV/AIDS; [107278](2) what financial resources her Department has allocated to Haitian refugees in the Turks and Caicos Islands for each year since1997. [107286]Clare Short: According to the Governor's Office in Turks and Caicos Islands, there currently are only two registered refugees in theislands, neither of whom is Haitian. My Department has allocated no financial resources for Haitian refugees in the Islands since1997.Our development assistance is not allocated by specific population groups within the Turks and Caicos Islands. In consultation withthe Islands' authorities, we are developing a programme of support to improve the quality and equity of access to health care forall. The Islands' Government already has an established National AIDS Control Programme, which is addressing the HIV/AIDS problem.This includes on- going education and information work, which takes account of language differences, to ensure that key messagesabout HIV/AIDS risks reach the whole population. The Turks and Caicos Islands also benefit from our support to the CaribbeanEpidemiology Centre for HIV/AIDS prevention, to which we have allocated £1.7 million for the period 2002 to 2005.
answer given date: 2003-04-08+01:00
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