Is the Isle of Man really 'playing its part' when it comes to helping refugees?
That was the question on Garff MHK Daphne Caine's lips in the House of Keys this week.
It's after the Chief Minister revealed a £973,000 donation to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees came from an 'underspend' in last year's budget.
Mrs Caine, who claims our funding relates to £28 per head of population, questioned him on whether he thought sending the money to one organisation was the best use for it:
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