Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme

The Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme,[1] sometimes referred to as a Relocation[2] Scheme,[3] is a programme of the United Kingdom government that plans to resettle 20 000 Syrian refugees from refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey over the period from September 2015 to May 2020.[4] It was first announced in January 2014 and in September 2015 the expansion to 20,000 refugees was made. It is run in partnership between the UK Home Office, the Department for International Development, the Department for Communities and Local Government and NGOs such as Refugee Action. Only 2,659 Syrian refugees were resettled through the programme by the end of June 2016. The National Audit Office estimated the Programme's cost at £1,112 million.[5] Syrians are only granted 5 years humanitarian protection and not indefinite leave to remain.

References

  1. ↑ "Research Briefings - Commons Library briefing: Syrian refugees and the UK response".
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme - Refugee Action".
  4. ↑ "Syrian vulnerable person resettlement programme fact sheet - Publications - GOV.UK".
  5. ↑ https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-Syrian-Vulnerable-Persons-Resettlement-programme-Summary.pdf

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