Government action on Kurdish refugees
- Title
- Government action on Kurdish refugees
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:03:34
- Description
- Speech by Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd in Parliament on what the government is doing to help the Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq following his meeting with aid charities this morning, including aid money; food drops to camps in Turkey by Chinook helicopters; John Major’s proposal for safe havens and assistance; sanctions on Iraq to remain in place.
- Contributors
- Douglas Hurd
- Keywords
- UK; Economic sanctions; Humanitarian assistance; Refugees; Ethnic groups; Turkey; Foreign aid; Political refugees; Iraq; Helicopters; Saddam Hussein; Food aid; Kurds
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