Niger — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:26 pm on 25 January 2012.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench 3:26, 25 January 2012

My Lords, has the Minister seen the reports this week that Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group in Nigeria, has been responsible for a large number of people escaping from the violence there into neighbouring areas in Niger, and that this is both leading to an exodus of refugees, compounding the existing problems in Niger, and preventing food being transported from Nigeria into Niger? Did she see the warning from the European Union earlier this week from Kristalina Georgieva, the commissioner for human aid, that it is a race against time to safeguard the lives of the 5.5 million people who are currently at risk?