Michelle Donelan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michelle Donelan on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to resettle Syrian refugees.

Richard Harrington

On 16 December the Prime Minister informed the House we had met our commitment of resettling 1,000 Syrians before Christmas. These refugees form part of the 20,000 that we will resettle during this Parliament, showing that Britain will continue to act in the finest traditions of providing shelter to the most vulnerable.