Refugees: Lebanon

(asked on 24th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help ensure people in Lebanon due for resettlement through the paused refugee resettlement scheme retain the ability to resettle in the UK.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 29th September 2020

Families who were due to be resettled to the UK when resettlement was paused remain eligible to be resettled when resettlement resumes.

We remain unable to undertake resettlement activity at this stage due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic. We are continuing to evaluate how to respond given these restrictions and pressures, but we expect to resume when safe.

We are in regular contact with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and are working with them (and UNHCR) to ensure that those accepted for resettlement to the UK are able to access any additional support they may need.

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