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Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Friday, 19 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2016. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seekers claiming to be under the age of 18 arrived in the UK for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answer

Figures on asylum applications for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. The attached table gives total applications for asylum from UASC aged under 18, for 2012 to 2014.

Asylum applications received from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children under 18, excluding dependants, 2012 to 2014

Year

Total applications

2012

1,028

2013

1,197

2014

1,858

Table Notes

(1) An Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) is a person under 18, or who, in the absence of documentary evidence establishing age, appears to be under that age, is applying for asylum on his or her own right and has no relative or guardian in the United Kingdom.

A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics July to September 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27417
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Children Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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