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Written question asked by Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour) on Monday, 27 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 March 2017. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 April 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children accepted under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 that would otherwise have been eligible for transfer to the UK under the family-reunification provisions of the Dublin III Regulation.

Answer

The Government has confirmed that the specified number under section 67(1) of the Immigration Act 2016 will not include cases transferred to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
69288
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Children Asylum Dublin regulations
Legislation
Immigration Act 2016
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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