Refugees: Sponsorship

(asked on 23rd November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the private sponsorship of refugees scheme introduced in Canada.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 30th November 2016

The UK launched its community sponsorship scheme in July this year, drawing on the learning from Canada and have recently conducted a study visit to Canada to inform the continued development of the scheme. With over 30 years experience of resettling refugees, there is much to learn from the Canadian approach and we will continue to work with the Canadian government and civil society as we develop our approach in the UK.

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