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Written question asked by Baroness Cox (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 4 September 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 September 2018. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 September 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.

White Helmets: Syria

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the White Helmets group and their families evacuated from Syria via Israel are now in the UK.

Answer

Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.

Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL9941
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Asylum Syria White Helmets
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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