O/T:-Gary Lineker

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Official routes? https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk...t%20programmes. Took me 5 seconds to find.

And I've met Lineker thank you very much

You clearly didn’t read your own link;

The UK’s approach: Bespoke immigration routes
Home Office officials recognise that, in practice, “there are safe and legal routes from some places and not from others”.5
The rationale for selectively providing lawful routes was explored in a Home Affairs Committee evidence session in June, when committee member Tim Loughton MP questioned the Home Office’s Permanent Secretary, Matthew Rycroft:
Tim Loughton: (...) Mr Rycroft, if I am a young person escaping religious persecution in an east African country who has an aunt in the UK, or if I am somebody who is escaping the besieged city of Marib in Yemen—escaping from a warzone—with a distant relative in the UK, what is my best route, safely and legally, to get into the UK?
(...)
Matthew Rycroft: There is no dedicated safe and legal route for either of those conflicts.
Tim Loughton: Why not? (...)
Matthew Rycroft: Because the Government have not set one up. The best way to think about this is in the round, and different countries do different things in order to contribute overall to the requirement to help support people fleeing persecution.6
The eligibility criteria, type of immigration permission granted, and associated entitlements and conditions differ for each nationality-specific safe and legal route. The previous Home Secretary, Priti Patel, justified this approach on the basis that “safe and legal routes should be bespoke because every single crisis is unique.”7

What has the fact you’ve met Lineker got to do with anything?