Refugees: Resettlement

(asked on 8th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many persons identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as needing resettlement in the UK have been so resettled in each of the last 10 years.


This question was answered on 22nd March 2023

Between 2013 and 2022, 30,055 people have been resettled to the UK through UNHCR resettlement routes. The UK ranks 3rd highest of European countries over this period.

Between 2013 and 2022, people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK via the following:

- 153,708 BN(O) Hong Kong Visas

- 233,770 visas granted under Ukraine Visa and Extension Schemes

- 53,230 family reunion visas

- 51,420 resettled or relocated. 30,055 resettled through UNHCR resettlement routes and 21,365 through non-UNHCR routes (i.e. Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 1 and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy).

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