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unstar this property date less than 2014-07-28more like thismore than 2014-07-28
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Home Office more like this
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unstar this property hansard heading Asylum: Iraq more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to include Iraqi Refugees fleeing religious persecution. more like this
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Baroness Berridge remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-09-22more like thismore than 2014-09-22
star this property answer text <p>The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived in March, and by the end of June 50 Syrians had been relocated to the UK. Groups of Syrians are now being brought to the UK on a regular basis under the scheme. We will be publishing the number of people arriving under the VPR scheme each quarter as part of the Home Office’s official migration statistics.</p><p>The VPR scheme is a bespoke programme designed to help particularly vulnerable refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We have no plans to extend the scheme to include Iraqi refugees fleeing religious persecution. However, the Government has already brought a number of Iraqis into the UK under the Gateway Programme where they have been in a protracted refugee situation for five years or more, and who amongst other things are escaping religious persecution.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government will of course continue to consider asylum claims, including applications from Iraqi nationals suffering religious persecution, under our normal rules.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
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less than 2014-09-22T11:48:24.9961169Zmore like thismore than 2014-09-22T11:48:24.9961169Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this