Refugees: Resettlement
(asked on 8th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they apply when considering applications for resettlement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
This question was answered on 22nd March 2023
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is uniquely placed to help identify and refer the most vulnerable individuals for resettlement in accordance with their standard resettlement submission categories. These are based on people’s needs and vulnerabilities
We do not seek to intervene in or influence UNHCR’s selection processes.
The seven resettlement submission categories used by UNHCR are set out here:
https://www.unhcr.org/46f7c0ee2.pdf