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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-04-17more like thismore than 2023-04-17
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Uganda more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safe and legal routes her Department has made available to the UK for asylum seekers from Uganda who identify as LGBT. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne Central more like this
tabling member printed
Chi Onwurah more like this
uin 181138 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-04-26more like thismore than 2023-04-26
answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of supporting refugees. Since 2015, we have offered just under half a million people safe and legal routes into the UK.</p><p>The UK made a generous resettlement offer, with worldwide displacement now standing at around 100 million people, we are unable to make routes available for every eventuality.</p><p>The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through existing resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Resettlement Scheme, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Referrals for the UKRS, Community Sponsorship, Mandate Resettlement and Pathway 2 of the ACRS are assessed and submitted by UNHCR. These assessments are based on people’s needs and vulnerabilities and the UK does not seek to influence which cases are referred by UNHCR.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Newark more like this
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-04-26T14:44:09.683Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-26T14:44:09.683Z
answering member
4320
label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
4124
label Biography information for Chi Onwurah remove filter