My right hon. Friend is absolutely right on that. Of course, how we structure any safe and legal route, whether we work with the UN or indeed any other organisation, is a choice for the UK. It is not impossible for the UK to say that we wish to take individuals from particular countries or regions, but the choice made in the recent past, which as I say, was a perfectly valid one, was to give that discretion to the experts at the UNHCR, rather than to fetter their discretion.
Illegal Migration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Jenrick
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 April 2023.
It occurred during Speaker's statement
and
Debate on bills on Illegal Migration Bill.
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