Asylum Seekers: Employment Debate
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Asylum Seekers: Employment
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Baroness Williams of Trafford
The noble Lord is absolutely right that either their claims should be considered or not, and that should be done swiftly, which is what I was saying to the noble Lord, Lord Reid. The sooner that people’s applications are considered, the sooner these things can be determined.
The Earl of Sandwich (CB)
My Lords, can the Minister update us on the serious situation of the Syrian refugees whom we agreed to accept?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
I do not know the exact figure, but at the last count we had brought something like 26,000 children over here. Of course, the situation in Syria is dire, the caliphate is collapsing, and therefore those children might be even more in need now than ever before.