PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Rohingya: Refugees (7 July 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has held with the ethnic Rohingya community in the UK regarding the Rhoingya refugee crisis.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Answer

I have not met the Burmese Rohingya community in the UK since the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea humanitarian crisis emerged in May. However, our officials met a senior Burmese Muslim representative in London in June to discuss the crisis, and I called in the Burmese Ambassador to raise my concerns. Previously I have met many Burmese groups, including community and religious leaders from within the Rohingya community, both in the UK and during my visits to Burma.


Answered by:
Lord Swire (Conservative)
13 July 2015

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