Written Question·Home Office·UIN 6258

Asylum: Visas

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to pilot a refugee visa scheme for people from countries with high asylum grant rates to allow them to travel to the UK to apply for asylum.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The UK has always done our bit to help those fleeing persecution and continues to welcome refugees and people in need through our global resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettleme...

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