Kosovo Refugees

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 April 1999.

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Photo of Mr John Wilkinson Mr John Wilkinson Conservative, Ruislip - Northwood 12:00, 26 April 1999

Although our paramount duty must be to win the war and to enable all the Kosovo refugees to return to their rightful homes—I am sure it is appropriate that most of them should wish to stay as near to their former homes as possible and to be sustained in neighbouring states—will the right hon. Gentleman ensure that we make orphans and widows, who have suffered so cruelly, a priority? Will he follow the example laid down at the time of Idi Amin's expulsion of the Indians from Uganda and ensure that the refugees are spread evenly around the country? A lot of London boroughs, such as my own, bear a very substantial burden already.