PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Refugees (30 October 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that at least 1,000 refugees are resettled in the UK before Christmas 2015.
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Answer
The Government has committed to resettling 20,000 Syrian Refugees in the lifetime of this Parliament. The Prime Minister has said that we want to see 1,000 brought to the UK by Christmas.
The Government is working closely with local authorities; international delivery partners and the voluntary sector, putting in place the plans and structures to deliver this and ensuring the system is scaled up in a way that protects the interests of all concerned.
Details on numbers will be published in the regular quarterly immigration statistics.
Answered by:
Lord Harrington of Watford (Non-affiliated)
9 November 2015
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