The award has been given annually under several names since 1955, with the exception of 1957. The Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist is given each year for artists of works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. A new UK Resettlement Scheme started in February 2021. In March 2020, the Gateway Protection Programme closed after resettling 9,939 refugees, including Congolese, Somali, Iraqi, Ethiopian, Sudanese and Burmese nationals. Evaluations of the programme have praised it but noted problems in securing employment for refugees. The programme launched in March 2004, initially with a quota of 500 and later 750 refugees per year, but the actual number of refugees resettled in most years was fewer than the quota permitted. It was proposed by the British Home Secretary, David Blunkett, in October 2001, and its legal basis was established by the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. The Gateway Protection Programme was operated by the British government between 20, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and co-funded by the European Union, offering a legal route for a quota of UNHCR-identified refugees to settle in the United Kingdom. Burmese refugees in Thailand's Mae La camp, which works with UNHCR
