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<p>The migration crisis has seen a significant increase in the number of people claiming
asylum across Europe, including in the UK. In the year ending June 2016, the Home
Office granted protection to 11,700 people at initial decision, excluding appeals
decisions. Whilst we cannot predict the number of future asylum claims made spontaneously,
our approach will continue to be to intervene at every point in the migrant journey
to address push factors, tackle organised crime, and provide humanitarian aid to the
regions most affected.</p><p>At the same time, we are committed to resettling vulnerable
refugees who cannot effectively be supported in their region of origin via one of
our four schemes. Under the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement scheme, the UK will
resettle 20,000 individuals by the end of this Parliament. We have already resettled
2,646 since the scheme was expanded in October 2015. In addition, we will resettle
up to 3,000 individuals by the end of this Parliament under the new Vulnerable Children
Resettlement Scheme from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with several
hundred arriving in the first year. Children will be resettled with their family or
carers where appropriate. Under the Gateway resettlement scheme, we aim to resettle
around 750 refugees per year who are in protracted situations where there is little
prospect of being able to return home. The Mandate resettlement scheme is open to
refugees who have a close family member in the UK who is willing to sponsor them.
No overall quota is set for the Mandate scheme.</p>
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