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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announces the reopening of a scheme to resettle refugees in the UK, saying she hopes that offering "safe and legal" routes will deter small boat crossings. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I can announce today that from next month, we will begin accepting applications from charities and non-profits to sponsor
00:08refugees through our new safe and legal routes.
00:24This will start with a community sponsorship route, allowing local communities to host refugees, and a student sponsorship route, which
00:34will allow universities to do the same.
00:37Applications will open in October, with the first arrivals in autumn of next year.
00:43Applications for sponsors for a further work route will open in the spring of next year.
00:49And that is not all conference. I can also announce that this government will reopen the UK resettlement route, in
00:57partnership with the United Nations.

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