Azerbaijan
International Development
James Gray (North Wiltshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent steps he has taken to assist refugees and internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID does not work directly in Azerbaijan. However we do provide core funding to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
which provides protection and assistance to refugees and internally
displaced people. UNHCR are pursuing structured consultations with the
State Migration Service, Parliament and law enforcement bodies in
Azerbaijan to strengthen their asylum system. Refugees living in urban
areas will be assisted to become self-reliant.
