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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-04-27more like thismore than 2023-04-27
answering body
Home Office remove filter
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration: Sponsorship more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for adopting systems similar to (1) Humanitarian Parole, and (2) the Welcome Corps, used in the USA, in the UK. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Hylton more like this
uin HL7511 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-05-15more like thismore than 2023-05-15
answer text <p>The UK has an approach in place to support individuals who do not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules but where there are exceptional and compassionate reasons for allowing them to remain here. Discretionary Leave allows an individual to be granted leave outside the Immigration Rules if they do not qualify for refugee status or humanitarian protection, or due to exceptional circumstances relating to their family or private life.</p><p>The UK already operates two sponsorship schemes which share similarities with the United States’ Welcome Corps initiative. The first is the Community Sponsorship Scheme, launched in 2016, which enables civil society to directly support refugees resettled to the UK through identifying housing and providing integration support. This scheme provides sanctuary to refugees identified and referred by UNHCR for resettlement directly from regions of conflict and instability.</p><p>The second is Homes for Ukraine, which launched last year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members to come to the UK if they have a named sponsor in the UK who is willing to accommodate them for a minimum of six months.</p>
answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-05-15T16:10:54.02Zmore like thismore than 2023-05-15T16:10:54.02Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth more like this
tabling member
2018
label Biography information for Lord Hylton remove filter