© GettyRefugees have said they are grateful for the ‘genuine welcome’ they have received in the UK, but the UN highlights a lack of English language provision and support for housing and gaining employment
More than 8,000 refugees have arrived in the UK under the Government's Syrian resettlement scheme, which has had a "truly transformative" impact on people's lives, the United Nations has said.
Refugees have said they are grateful for the "genuine welcome" they have received in the UK, and are heartened that their children have been able to attend school and catch up on lost education, according to the report from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The study comes
two years after ministers committed to taking in 20,000 Syrians driven from the war-torn country by 2020, following a public outcry over the fate of those attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.
But while the UNHCR is largely positive about the UK's resettlement scheme, it highlights a number of areas for improvement, including in English language provision, and further support for housing and finding work.
A small number of the refugees interviewed for the study had found work, but the UNHCR said existing work promotion schemes were limited, highlighting the need for further support to refugees on the road to employment.
Comment: When not appealing to humanitarianism, European governments cite economics: refugees are good for the economy, reinvigorating the social welfare systems. Only, it doesn't work that way. Most refugees don't find work, and the state ends up spending more money on them than they can contribute. Overall, no one wins: the refugees, their home countries, the host countries. Of course, none of this would've happened if said host countries hadn't signed on to the destruction of the Middle East. You sow what you reap?
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