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Yazidis: Resettlement

Asked by Brendan O'HaraScottish National PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 June 2025UIN 53885

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yazidis have been resettled to the UK from (a) Iraq and (b) Syria in each year since 2014.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The UK partners with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to resettle refugees in accordance with their standard resettlement criteria.

Individual ethnic and religious backgrounds are not part of this consideration, and the Home Office does not therefore collate or publish this information.

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