Syria
International Development
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development
in determining with partners the appropriate proportions of UK aid to
be allocated to each country and to assist people fleeing Syria, what
account he takes of the number (a) awaiting UNHCR registration and (b)
identified by local organisations as being in need of assistance in the
host country concerned; and if he will make a statement.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
UK humanitarian funding is allocated according to assessed humanitarian needs.
The UK is a major funder of United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
providing substantial core funding to support it to work with refugees
all over the world. In addition the UK has provided specific funding for
refugees from Syria, channelled through the UNHCR and to the UN
Emergency Response Fund. Our contribution is not earmarked to specific
countries. This allows UNHCR and UN agencies to work with local partners
to allocate UK funding flexibly to respond to a rapidly changing
situation in order to ensure aid reaches those who need it most.
This
is a very complex refugee situation. Not all Syrians outside Syria are,
or would want to be, registered as refugees. For this reason our
funding is being delivered flexibly to agencies working on the ground to
ensure it is allocated to those most in need.
