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date	08/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	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.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL6242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>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.</p><p>Between 2013 and 2022, people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK via the following:</p><p>- 153,708 BN(O) Hong Kong Visas</p><p>- 233,770 visas granted under Ukraine Visa and Extension Schemes</p><p>- 53,230 family reunion visas</p><p>- 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).</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 22/03/2023 16:06:59 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1602601

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what quotas they place on the numbers of persons to be resettled on the recommendation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL6243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK does not set a quota on the overall number of persons to be resettled on the recommendation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 22/03/2023 15:31:02 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1602602

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they apply when considering applications for resettlement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL6244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is uniquely placed to help identify and refer the most vulnerable individuals for resettlement in accordance with their standard resettlement submission categories. These are based on people’s needs and vulnerabilities</p><p>We do not seek to intervene in or influence UNHCR’s selection processes.</p><p>The seven resettlement submission categories used by UNHCR are set out here:</p><p>https://www.unhcr.org/46f7c0ee2.pdf</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 22/03/2023 15:27:08 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name 46f7c0ee2.pdf title UNHCR Resettlement Handbook
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German