Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what preparations her Department is making for the coordination of efforts with EU member states to support Syrian refugees after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK’s position on granting protection to those who need it will not change as a result of the referendum – we will continue to apply the Refugee Convention and provide protection for all those in need. The Government remains firmly committed to leading the way in working with the international community to tackle the global migration challenges. International engagement on migration – including cooperation with EU partners – will remain in our interest once we leave the EU.

We will provide sanctuary to those who need it but will continue to intervene at every point in the migrant journey to address the root causes of the global migration challenge. The Government has committed to resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees through our Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme over the course of this Parliament — that will not change as a result of the referendum and we are on track to deliver. A total of 4,414 people have been granted humanitarian protection under the scheme since it began. In addition to the scheme, the UK has pledged £2.3 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria and neighbouring countries.