Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of people from minority communities in Iraq being resettled in the UK by extending the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme to include Iraqis.

The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme is intended to help vulnerable Syrian nationals. Iraqi refugees are eligible for resettlement under our other, global resettlement schemes such as Gateway and Mandate. They may also qualify for resettlement under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS) established earlier this year, which is not restricted to Syrian nationals.