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<p>The UK maintains an ongoing dialogue with UNHCR and a range of other partners,
including other governments and agencies, and has a strong and constructive relationship
across a range of asylum and resettlement issues.</p><p>Our resettlement schemes offer
a safe and legal route to the UK for vulnerable refugees in need of protection. We
work closely with UNHCR in the operation of our schemes. UNHCR is uniquely placed
to identify those living in formal refugee camps, informal settlements and host communities
who would benefit most from resettlement to the UK.</p><p>Refugee camps provide vital
humanitarian assistance including shelter, food, clean water, and sanitation and medical
services, but can also limit movement and longer-term options for refugees. As such,
they are normally considered temporary measures of last resort. While camps provide
a vital lifeline for many refugees a relatively small number (around 5.3 million refugees)
live in them, with the majority in urban areas, informal settlements and out-of-camp
individual accommodation.</p><p>We actively engaged in agreeing the Global Compact
on Refugees, which aims to boost refugees’ self-reliance while simultaneously supporting
generous host communities and countries – an approach that the UK has helped to develop
and champion.</p>
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