To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to consider providing admission, above the United Kingdom annual quota, to refugees from Syria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom will join the scheme administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the resettlement of Syrian refugees.

The Government shares the deep concerns regarding the continuing humanitarian crisis in Syria. However, the Government has no current plans to resettle Syrian refugees either as part of, or in addition to, its annual resettlement quota. We continue to believe that the priority should be to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced people in partnership with neighbouring countries and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. The UK has now increased its pledge for the Syrian relief effort to £500 million. This represents the UK’s largest ever response to a humanitarian crisis.