Debate contribution: Support for Refugees Fleeing War Zones
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 13 April 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Support for Refugees Fleeing War Zones
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5483383
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Text
As the Member will be aware, we have a number of specific schemes to support refugees. Those are done at a UK-wide level, but, of course, Northern Ireland plays its part. We currently have the Syrian, Afghan and Ukrainian schemes. At this stage, we do not anticipate any particular refugee scheme related to the current conflict, but that is because the focus at the moment is very much on hoping that it will be a short-lived conflict and that there will be no need for the significant travel of refugees from the region. Of course, we will continue to monitor that. I advise the Member that Executive Office officials liaise with the Home Office on a regular basis, and we would expect to get very early notice of such a proposal, if there were to be one.
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