Refugees: Children

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether children arriving in the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 will be referred to the Refugee Council's Children's Panel Advice Service.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 11th November 2016

All children arriving in the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 are granted temporary admission while we consider their asylum claim. They are also referred to the Refugee Council’s Children's Panel Advice Service.

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