Anne Main seeks reassurance from the Home Secretary that faith will not play part in whether or not Syrian refugees are accepted into the UK, but refugees will be accepted on the basis of need and vulnerability.

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con): My right hon. Friend will have heard in this morning’s media that the Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr Viktor Orbán, has suggested that one reason to close the borders was to stop the dilution of Hungary’s Christian heritage. May I press her to say that when we help people from Syria and in the camps we will not discriminate against anyone as a result of their faith or otherwise?

Mrs May: I fully endorse what my hon. Friend has said. We look at the need of individual refugees. This is not about people of a particular faith; we do not discriminate against people because of their faith, and it is their need and vulnerability that will determine whether they come to the UK.

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