Asylum: Greater London

(asked on 3rd June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places have been made available by each London borough for (a) the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme, (b) the Children at Risk from the Middle East and North Africa scheme and (c) unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe.


Answered by
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James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 8th June 2016

For those refugees resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme the Home Office publishes the number of people resettled, broken down by local authority, on a quarterly basis. The most recent statistics were published on 26 May 2016 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2016) These figures show the number of refugees that were resettled in each area up to the end of March 2016.

As the Prime Minister announced on 4 May and as set out in the new Immigration Act 2016, we will work to admit unaccompanied refugee children from Europe to the UK. The very nature of this legislation means we must take the time to consult Local Authorities and others before bringing final proposals on how to implement this scheme.

We will consult local authorities to establish how best to implement this commitment and the recently announced Children at Risk resettlement scheme, which is the only other resettlement to include unaccompanied children, as part of our wider discussion with them about the transfer of unaccompanied asylum seeking children who have arrived spontaneously, which is designed to relieve the pressure on authorities such as Kent.

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