AQO 2715/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 04/11/2021
Answered On Date: 17/11/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the Refugee Integration Strategy will include refugees from global south countries who are facing the greatest risk due to the climate emergency.

Answer:

The Refugee Integration Strategy will set out how the Executive will take co-ordinated action to support refugees and asylum seekers when they arrive here, regardless of where they have arrived from.

Immigration policy, including the policy on asylum seekers and refugees, is not devolved and remains the responsibility of the Home Office.

However as we have demonstrated through our support for Syrian Refugees and our commitments in respect of resettling Afghan Refugees, the Executive will continue to play its part in responding to humanitarian crises.