The UK continues to be one of the world’s leading refugee resettlement states. Since 2015, Her Majesty’s Government has resettled more than 25,000 vulnerable refugees in need of protection through our refugee resettlement schemes, approximately half of which were children.
Whilst I am sympathetic to the plight of those who have had to flee their homes and their countries in the face of persecution, and I am proud of the fact that Britain has a proud heritage and history for standing up for the universal rights of citizens to live, work and worship as they please, I
