Found: Refugees and the UK's international aid response
Found: 15 May 2024 7 Response in the wider Middle East 42 7.1 Role of Iran 42 7.2 Violence in Lebanon, Syria
Asked by: Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South and Mid Down)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what routes are available for Syrians in Lebanon seeking asylum in the UK.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The UK has a proud history of providing protection for those who need it through a number of safe and legal routes. However, there is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. Whilst we sympathise with people in many difficult situations around the world, including people from Syria, we are not bound to consider asylum claims from the very large numbers of people overseas who might like to come here. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.
The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through our existing global resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettlement Scheme.
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: Clause 11 categorises refugees as either Group 1 or Group 2; those who travelled to the UK through
Mentions:
1: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria - Speech Link
2: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) keep minority communities in their place.Almost 10 years ago, ISIS seized huge swathes of Iraq and Syria - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Sexual violence is often used in conflict and in post-conflict zones; it is important to say that refugees - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) from the Republic of Ireland unless France agrees to take back refugees who crossed the English Channel - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) claims from legacy claimants of certain nationalities, such as those from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Libya, Syria - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Our miscalculations over Syria have given the Iranians the ability to enter the country. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The UN provides assistance to some 90,000 refugees. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) economic opportunity and investment—and they need the human rights violations stopped.Over 80% of Sahrawi refugees - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) hosts an international donors conference for Palestine, as it did with the international Friends of Syria - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Now, in Rafah, displaced refugees once again face the threat of forcible transfer, and again it does - Speech Link
3: Khalid Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Perry Barr) I will start as I always do: I condemn Hamas, and I think all refugees on both sides should be returned - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) It has a strong and successful track record of resettling people, hosting more than 135,000 refugees, - Speech Link
2: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) We have welcomed Ukrainian refugees, the families of those brave Afghans who stood beside our soldiers - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) for those fleeing the most dreadful conflicts around the world, including in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Syria - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: Over the past 13 years, we have acted for clients subject to sanctions related to Egypt, Libya, Syria