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Written question asked by Earl of Sandwich (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 6 December 2010.

Immigration: Refugees

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iraqi refugees have been resettled in the United Kingdom under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees quota in the past two years; how many of those were translators and guides working with British Armed Forces and personnel; and whether they have given special consideration to Iraqi Christians during 2010.
Answer

A total of 985 Iraqis have been resettled to the UK since 2008, of which 571 were locally engaged staff.

Iraqi Individuals Locally Engaged staff Non Locally Engaged
2008 236 114 122
2009 542 340 202
2010 (until 29 Nov 2010) 207 117 90

The Gateway Protection Programme has resettled a number of Christians from Iraq but cases are referred by UNHCR on the basis of resettlement need and referrals are not based specifically on religious; ethnic group; sexual orientation or any other grounds. "Note: These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These data are provisional and may be subject to change." "Note: These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These data are provisional and may be subject to change."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4644; 723 c15-6WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Armed forces Immigration Iraq Peacekeeping operations Refugees Christianity Home country nationals
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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