Asylum: Sponsorship

(asked on 13th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to resettle refugees through community sponsorship and humanitarian programmes.


Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait
Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 22nd May 2026

In the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, published in November 2025, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme and capped routes for refugee and displaced students to come to the UK to study or for work.

The delivery of the new routes will support the Government’s overall objective of providing an orderly and controlled system of safe and legal routes that is aligned with community capacity to welcome refugees.

Work is underway to deliver the new routes. Further details will be set out in due course.

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