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1/1 NO refugees have yet been placed in Dorset under the government’s new UK Resettlement Scheme, figures have revealed. The first people to arrive under the new UK Resettlement scheme arrived in the country in February and March 2021 due to Covid delays. However, the new scheme does not have a target and so far this year, just 25 refugees have been accepted in the whole of the UK with none placed in Dorset. The Refugee Council has raised concerns that this lack of target could dissuade local councils from continuing to settle refugees in the area and reflected on the success of the former Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.