David Simpson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.

Justine Greening

The humanitarian crisis in Syria has reached catastrophic proportions. The UN estimates that 9.3 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid within Syria. At least 6.5 million people in Syria have been forced to flee their homes to other areas of the country and there are now over 2.8 million refugees in the region.