HC Deb 11 March 2002 vol 381 cc709-10W
19. Martin Linton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his proposals to develop a source country refugee resettlement programme. [38892]

Angela Eagle

As announced on 7 February in the White Paper "Secure Borders, Safe Haven", we intend to introduce a resettlement programme that will enable those refugees whose life, liberty, or security cannot be protected in their current place of refuge, to be brought in safety to the United Kingdom and provided with protection. This will provide a legal route for those seeking international protection and is further evidence of our practical support of the Refugee Convention.