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Question 1 ( 50 marks)

how the UK government is solving refugee problems in the Middle East? (750 word)

Answer 1

In the context of the Vulnerable persons Resettlement Plan (VPR), the UK has already welcomed about 1,000 refugees from Syria. Last year the government expanded the scheme, pledging to take in 20,000 by 2020.The government has also said it will accept more child refugees from camps in Syria and neighboring countries that are not accompanied.

Mr Cameron has emphasized that Britain is the region's second-largest bilateral donor (after the US) to support Syrian refugees The government says the UK has contributed £1.1bn on food, tents and other humanitarian aid since 2012. It has also said that the UK is already giving another £10 m to help vulnerable minor refugees in Europe.Some might be brought "in their best interests" to the UK.This is expected to include those who still have nearest living relatives in the UK.

Nearly 5,000 Syrians (including dependants) have sought asylum in the UK since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011 , the government reports. Those arrivals are outside of VPR terms and do not count towards the figure of 20,000.
Under the VPR, with the arrival of two groups at Stansted and Belfast in December, the government reached an initial target of getting 1,000 Syrian refugees to the UK by Christmas 2015-meeting that figure.
Overall, in the 12 months up to June 2015, more than 25,000 people sought asylum in the UK and 11,600 obtained asylum or an equivalent means of protection. The Eritreans were the main party to file for asylum (3,568) led by Pakistanis (2,302)

Usually people arriving in the United Kingdom needing protection have to apply for asylum-and if this is granted they get "refugee" status. But the ones carried to VPR did not go through this process.
Alternatively, they were given "humanitarian immunity," a category usually reserved by refugees in their home country who "may not apply for asylum" but may be at "reasonable risk of causing significant injury."
Like people who have been granted refugee status, those who have been given humanitarian protection can stay for five years, after which they can apply to settle in Britain. People in both categories are entitled to work and have access to public funds.

Large organisations operating in the region have set up appeals especially to support people in Syria.
The British Red Cross and Oxfam are also running appeals and in the days shortly after a photograph of drowned Syrian child, Alan Kurdi, appeared in September, also announced an rise in assistance.
Save the Children has advocated for the UK to accept 3,000 underage children from Africa, claiming it would represent a "just share" of the approximate 26,000 children without any relatives that came in 2015.
Individuals have had lawsuits, too. A initiative set up by child author Patrick Nessrais has been collecting more than £150,000 in 24 hours for Save the children