Written questions

Sudan: Children

Commons · Question 39002 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the risks of (a) radicalisation and (b) human trafficking to children not in school in Sudan.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 8 Apr 2025

The conflict in Sudan is having a devastating impact on children. An estimated 17 million children are out of school and children comprise over 50 per cent of Sudan's 8.8 million caseload of internally displaced persons. We urge the warring parties to tak...