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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-03-03more like thismore than 2016-03-03
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Home Office more like this
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answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Refugees more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the ongoing problems faced by the Yazidi community and children affected by the conflict in Iraq and Syria, they will reassess the criteria for eligibility for the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme and other UK resettlement schemes. more like this
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Baroness Berridge more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-03-16more like thismore than 2016-03-16
answer text <p>Under the current scheme, only UNHCR registered Syrian refugees are eligible under the Syrian Resettlement Scheme, which has been expanded to resettle up to 20,000 during this Parliament. We work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify cases that they deem in need of resettlement according to seven agreed vulnerability criteria for the Syrian Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The Syrian Resettlement Scheme is operated in addition to our global resettlement schemes: Gateway and Mandate, which are not nationality specific.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-03-16T15:05:43.107Zmore like thismore than 2016-03-16T15:05:43.107Z
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label Biography information for Lord Bates remove filter
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label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this