Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing routes for the resettlement of LGBTI people from Kenya in the UK; and whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure the safety of those people.

The UK has a proud history of supporting refugees. Since 2015, we have offered a place to just under half a million individuals seeking safety.

Whilst the UK has made a generous resettlement offer, with worldwide displacement now standing at around 100 million people, we are unable to make routes available for every eventuality.

The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through existing resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Resettlement Scheme, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).

Referrals for the UKRS, Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettlement and are assessed and submitted by UNHCR. These assessments are based on people’s needs and vulnerabilities and the UK does not seek to influence which cases are referred by UNHCR.