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Press release

5,000 Syrian refugees resettled

Home Office news team, 23 February 2017 - Press release

The Government's Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) scheme has now helped resettle more than 5,000 Syrian refugees in the UK, the latest Home Office immigration statistics have revealed. Approximately half...

Cressida Dick appointed as next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police  

Home Office news team, 22 February 2017 - Breaking news, Press release

Cressida Dick will be the next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced today (Wednesday, 22 February). Currently a Director General at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,...

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