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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP) Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative) Sudan


South Sudan
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on progress in establishing camps in Sudan to temporarily accommodate South Sudanese people until they can migrate to South Sudan.
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Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
I have been asked to reply
We have had no reports of the Sudanese Government establishing camps in Sudan to temporarily accommodate South Sudanese. A recent report following a comprehensive interagency assessment has recorded 40,000 South Sudanese currently living in temporary settlements in Khartoum. The majority of these people are waiting to return to South Sudan. The UK is supporting the talks in Addis Ababa and urging both governments to reach an agreement on citizenship rights.

Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP) South Sudan’s efforts to receive South Sudanese migrants from Sudan.


South Sudan
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on South Sudan’s efforts to receive South Sudanese migrants from Sudan.
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Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
I have been asked to reply
The British embassy in Juba receives regular reporting from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). So far, in 2012 roughly 113,000 South Sudanese have returned to South Sudan. Recent efforts to support this return include a barge movement, organised by humanitarian agencies, for around 2,700 people from Upper Nile State (where most returnees arrive in South Sudan) to Juba.

Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP) Sudan Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs


Sudan
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the number of South Sudanese living in Sudan.
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Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
I have been asked to reply
According to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Humanitarian Aid Commission, there are approximately 220,000 South Sudanese remaining in Sudan. The previous figure used, based on the 2009 census, was 500,000.