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Cameroon: Illegal Immigrants

Volume 491: debated on Monday 27 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has received on allegations of connections between the Cameroon Parliamentary Caucus for Environmental Protection and illegal immigration activities; and if he will make a statement. (270024)

Officials from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are aware of a number of reports relating to allegations of connections between the Cameroon Parliamentary Caucus for Environmental Protection and illegal immigration activities. We are very concerned to hear of these allegations. DFID has had no significant funding or other relations with the Caucus—other than some minor support in kind through a DFID funded project, the Forest Governance Facility between March 2007 and the summer of 2008. The FCO, through the British high commission in Yaounde, has provided no funds to the Caucus and has reviewed its portfolio to ensure that no UK funds are being misused by any individuals involved in the Caucus who may also be involved in the work of other related organisations.