Government statement on White Helmets
Sunday, 22 July 2018 22:52
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and International Development
Secretary Penny Mordaunt said: Following a joint diplomatic effort
by the UK and international partners, a group of White Helmets
volunteers from southern Syria and their families have been able to
leave Syria for safety. They are now being assisted by the UNHCR in
Jordan pending international resettlement. The White Helmets
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Foreign Secretary and International
Development Secretary said:
Following a joint diplomatic effort by the UK and
international partners, a group of White Helmets volunteers
from southern Syria and their families have been able to
leave Syria for safety.
They are now being assisted by the UNHCR in Jordan pending
international resettlement.
The White Helmets have saved over 115,000 lives during the
Syrian conflict, at great risk to their own. Many White
Helmets volunteers have also been killed while doing their
work - trying to rescue civilians trapped in bombarded
buildings or providing first aid to injured civilians.
White Helmets have been the target of attacks and, due to
their high profile, we judged that, in these particular
circumstances, the volunteers required immediate
protection. We therefore took steps with the aim of
affording that protection to as many of the volunteers and
their families as possible.
We pay tribute to the brave and selfless work that White
Helmets volunteers have done to save Syrians on all sides
of the conflict.
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