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The Home Secretary has announced that the Home Office is establishing a new Scientific Advisory Committee to provide advice on ways of checking how old an asylum seeker is.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Ministers have confirmed the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme (ACRS) will open in January.
Children’s services across the UK have been informed of our intention to temporarily mandate the scheme.
Local authorities will receive a generous funding package to support the resettlement of families who have come to the UK having been at risk in Afghanistan.
Arrivals under Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy will be given immediate indefinite leave to remain, alongside funding for school places and healthcare.
A letter to all MPs regarding the Afghanistan evacuation and next steps.
Resettled refugees to be granted indefinite leave to remain, an emergency resettlement mechanism and a pilot to help skilled people forced to flee their homes all announced.
Those who enter the UK illegally will find it harder to stay under fundamental reforms in the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Government recognises and celebrates the contributions of refugees who have resettled in the UK.
Changes to the National Transfer Scheme will ensure responsibility for unaccompanied children seeking asylum will be more fairly distributed.
The Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament setting out the New Plan for Immigration.
The UK has announced the successful transfer of 28 asylum seekers from Greece to reunite with their family members here, showing its ongoing global leadership in providing refuge for the most vulnerable.
Dan O'Mahoney has been appointed to collaborate with the French to tackle Channel crossings.
Pilots to encourage refugees to start businesses have been launched across the UK.
A pilot to encourage refugee entrepreneur programmes across the UK has been announced.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The 25th Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR) starts in Geneva today.
The Home Office has announced a funding boost of over £30 million for local authorities looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
The Home Office has awarded New Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC) following an open and fair procurement exercise.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has welcomed Raed al-Saleh, the leader of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets), to the Foreign Office today to discuss the vital work the group has done in Syria.
The UK will support White Helmets volunteers and their families, who were evacuated from Syria, under the government’s Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
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