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Written question asked by Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 April 2017. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 April 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.


Refugees: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unaccompanied children who have been admitted to the UK under the Dublin Convention in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Answer

At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
71928
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Children Refugees Dublin Convention
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk