UNHCR And Pathways For Admission Of Syrian Refugees

EDM number 1223 in 2015-16, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 09/03/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Asylum, Middle East and United Nations.

That this House notes that the world is currently experiencing the greatest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War with 19.5 million refugees across the globe and another 40 million people internally displaced; further notes that Syria is the largest source of refugees in the world and that since the start of the Syrian conflict nearly 4.8 million people have fled that country due to violence; recognises that the vast majority of Syrian refugees are hosted by countries bordering Syria, including 2.6 million refugees in Turkey, 1.1 million refugees in Lebanon, and 640,000 refugees in Jordan; is concerned by the failure of European member states to work co-operatively to welcome refugees and provide adequate safe and legal routes for refugees to find safety; welcomes the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme that aims to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees in the UK by the end of the Parliament and congratulates the Government on reaching its target of resettling 1,000 Syrian refugees by Christmas 2015; further welcomes the high-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission for Syrian refugees organised by UNHCR that will take place on 30 March 2016 in Geneva; and calls on the Government to use the opportunity of the high-level meeting to ensure that the UK takes greater responsibility for the protection of Syrian refugees by providing safe and legal routes for refugees, including through expansion of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme, by making it easier for refugees to reunite with family members already in the UK, and by introducing humanitarian visas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.