Written Question·Home Office·UIN 195276
Refugees: Climate Change
Tabled: 19 July 2023
Answered: 8 September 2023
Question
Charlotte Nichols
Labour — Warrington North
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the capacity of the UK to provide refuge for the number of climate refugees that her Department estimates will arrive in the UK in each of the next five years.
Answer
Robert JenrickClimate change is not a criteria in the refugee convention, and therefore individuals would not be eligible for resettlement.