Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether unaccompanied minors under the Syrian UNHCR Resettlement Programme are subject to the same procedures and protocols which her Department has in place for unaccompanied refugee minors from other countries where there is conflict.

The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) scheme is based on need and it prioritises those who cannot be supported effectively in their region of origin. We work closely with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify vulnerable Syrians that they deem in need of resettlement and whose particular needs can only be met in countries like the UK.

UNHCR identifies refugees for resettlement under the Syrian VPR scheme using their established vulnerability criteria. We do not resettle unaccompanied minors under the Syrian VPR scheme.