Showing posts with label Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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.