Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to provide safe routes of asylum for protestors from Iran whose lives are at risk of violence perpetrated by authorities in that country.

The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and our resettlement schemes enable us to give the opportunity of a new start to those who have been forced to flee their homes.

We continue to provide and maintain well-defined safe and legal routes for refugees and vulnerable people in need of resettlement. Those fleeing Iran may be eligible for resettlement to the UK through the existing UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and Mandate resettlement scheme.