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<p>The resettlement pledges for all countries including those from European Union
member states is listed on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
website. The direct link to this page is as follows: <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html"
target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html</a></p><p>Ninety people were
relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme between the first
group of arrivals on 25 March and the end of September 2014. This is the latest publicly
available figure, as numbers are released as part of the publication of Home Office
official statistics each quarter; the number of arrivals under the scheme up to December
2014 will be published on 26 February.</p><p>Potential beneficiaries of the scheme
are identified and referred to us by UNHCR. Given the serious vulnerability of the
beneficiaries, our priority is to ensure that the support and accommodation they need
is in place before they arrive in the UK. We are working closely with UNHCR, the International
Organisation for Migration and local authorities to achieve this as soon as practically
possible as the circumstances of each particular case allow. In these circumstances
it is not possible to provide information on the number of individuals in any part
of the resettlement process at any given time.</p><p>Beneficiaries of the scheme are
granted five years’ Humanitarian Protection with all the rights and benefits that
go with that status, including access to public funds, access to the labour market
and the possibility of family reunion.</p><p>As the scheme is based on vulnerability
- including women and children at risk, people with medical needs and survivors of
torture and violence - it would not</p><p>be appropriate for us to release specific
details of where individuals are being placed, as this risks undermining their privacy
and recovery.</p><p> </p>
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