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Refugees: Children

Question for Home Office

UIN HL4198, tabled on 19 December 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many registered child refugees in France have been refused admission into the United Kingdom; and how many of those have been provided with written explanations for the decision.

Answered on

10 January 2017

The UK has been working closely with the French authorities to transfer eligible children to the UK under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.

Since 10 October, we have transferred over 750 asylum seeking children from France. All unaccompanied asylum seeking children with close family in the UK will continue to be considered for transfer under the criteria set out in the Dublin Regulation, and the Government has committed to further transfers under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.

We have been working closely with the French Government to communicate with the children. All remaining children should claim asylum in France.

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