Sentences with phrase «vulnerable syrian»

«This decision will help to provide much needed solutions for vulnerable Syrian refugees many of whom have been deeply traumatised and face immense hardship.

«That's why I am pleased to announce that we will now be working with the United Nations to identify the most vulnerable Syrian refugees - particularly women, girls and children - and those who have been subject to sexual violence in this conflict, to provide them with refuge here in Britain.»

Yet despite this, and despite the fact that Home Secretary Theresa May accepted in January 2014 that we should do our bit to help the most vulnerable Syrian refugees who the UNHCR consider urgently need safe haven, only 143 people have been resettled under the VPR scheme in the UK.

The UN has asked us very loudly and clearly to take our share of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees.

Britain will not join the UN sanctuary scheme, which seeks to resettle 30,000 vulnerable Syrians in western nations, but Mr Clegg said the government would work with the UN High Commission for Refugees on a case - by - case basis.

Home Secretary Theresa May has outlined the Government's plan to help the most vulnerable Syrians find safety in the UK.

The UK is not signing up to take a quota of refugees under the United Nations sanctuary scheme to resettle up to 30,000 vulnerable Syrians in Western nations, but Nick Clegg said the UN High Commission for Refugees backs the Government's plans.

Not exact matches

The humanitarian group Doctors of the World have created a line of Christmas cards to raise awareness about conflicts in the Middle East (like the Syrian civil war) and raise money for the group that provides healthcare to vulnerable communities around the world.

The good news is that thousands of World Vision staff from around the world will continue their good work today - building wells, providing life - saving vaccinations, caring for Syrian refugees, partnering with communities to develop business and agricultural opportunities, lifting families out of poverty, and feeding, clothing, and sheltering vulnerable children.

In the Harran region in the south - east Turkey, where refugee camps are home to some 14,000 Syrian refugees, Ebru Baybara Demir leads the Harran Gastronomy School Project, an initiative to improve the employment prospects of economically vulnerable Turkish and Syrian women through culinary training.

Germany has shown real leadership in response to this crisis, unilaterally lifting the Dublin regulation requiring refugees to be accommodated in their country of first entry, pledging to resettle up to 35,000 Syrian refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS) and leading efforts to build a co-ordinated European response.

Last week the first Syrian refugees arrived in the UK as part of the government's commitment to help the «most vulnerable» Syrians under a resettlement scheme - a low - key but absolutely vital gesture for those affected.

Nearly every member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program for vulnerable members voted Thursday for a Republican bill that would add bureaucratic security checks for Syrians and Iraqis hoping to enter the U.S. as refugees.

I was delighted when the government announced its Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme, which is focused on those who can not settle in the region and need longer - term solutions: torture victims, those who have faced sexual violence and those who need specialist medical treatment.

Expand the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme to offer sanctuary to 50,000 over the lifetime of the next Parliament.

Syrian refugees will begin arriving in the UK in the next few months under a new scheme to provide relief to the most vulnerable, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.

ITV News has heard the accounts of two Syrian families who could be among the vulnerable refugees admitted to Britain.

The UN Refugee Agency in the UK has welcomed the Government's plans to provide refuge to the «most vulnerable» Syrians.

She added: «The Government will be launching a new programme to provide emergency sanctuary in the UK for displaced Syrians who are particularly vulnerable.»

Britain's decision to resettle some of the «most vulnerable» Syrian refugees has been welcomed by Save the Children, as it was «consistent with the UK Government's leadership».

Home Office figures published on Thursday showed that 10,538 Syrian refugees have been resettled in Britain through the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme since David Cameron pledged to bring 20,000 to the UK by 2020.

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