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<p>In response to the many generous offers of help, the Home Secretary has announced
that we will be establishing a register of people and organisations that can provide
support for the settlement of refugees.</p><p>We have asked the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to make an assessment of the number and needs of
unaccompanied children in conflict regions and advise on when it is in the best interests
of the child to be resettled in the UK. The UNHCR has already been clear that these
are likely to be exceptional cases. This is because it is not uncommon in an emergency
situation for children to be temporarily separated from their parents or other family
members who may be looking for them. Efforts to reunite children with relatives or
extended family members, who may be looking for them in the region, should be preferred
to premature attempts to organise adoption. Some lone refugee children may come to
the UK for temporary care, but overall our support is for them to be reunited with
parents or other relatives wherever possible.</p><p>More information on what the public
can do to help Syrian refugees can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/syria-refugees-what-you-can-do-to-help--2</p>
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