Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government has provided to the Lebanese government for vetting and security checking refugees entering that country.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The UK has contributed £34 million to support the Lebanese Armed Forces’ ability to defend the border and contain spillover from the Syria conflict. The UK funded Land Border Regiments are successfully protecting the integrity of the Lebanese border for the first time in the country’s history. We are also considering what further support we can offer either bilaterally or through the EU to better support Lebanese security forces with border management.