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Refugees

Asked by Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 122295

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new refugee study and work pathway schemes will open.

Answered by Mike Tapp

In the Restoring Order and Control statement, the Government committed to the creation of safe and legal routes. This included capped routes for refugees and displaced students to come to the UK to study or for work.

On 5 March the Home Secretary set out in a speech that starting this Autumn we will be opening a new student refugee route, with the first arrivals in Autumn 2027.

Policy development and delivery planning are ongoing. Further details, including on timelines for the work route, will be set out in due course.

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