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Number of refugees resettled on Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (19326) Metric type
- Help text
- Resettlement is the transfer of refugees from the country in which they have sought refuge to another State that has agreed to admit them. The UNHCR identifies refugees registered with them and assesses their protection needs. Those determined by UNHCR to be in need of resettlement may be referred to the UK for consideration. Resettlement is provided as a durable solution when integration in the host country or a safe return to a person’s country of origin is not possible.
The Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) was launched in January 2014 and has helped those in the greatest need, including people requiring urgent medical treatment, survivors of violence and torture, and women and children at risk.
Working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify vulnerable refugees who have fled Syria, who they deem in need of resettlement and whose particular needs can only be met in other countries, such as the UK. Our approach, to take refugees from the region (Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt), provided refugees with a direct safe and legal route to the UK. Local authorities and community sponsor groups have played a vital role in helping those who have arrived here to settle into a new life in the UK.
This scheme has now closed.
- Modified
- 01 Dec 2022
- Data last updated
- 08 Mar 2024
- Short label
- No. of refugees resettled on Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- Number of refugees resettled
- Dataset
- Asylum and Resettlement - Resettlement by Local Authority
- Source
- Home Office
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