Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to maintain contact with asylum-seeking minors who were dispersed from the camps in Calais and Dunkirk in Autumn 2016.

The responsibility for unaccompanied children in France lies with the French authorities. The UK Government can only contribute in ways agreed with our French partners.

We have been working closely with the French authorities to bring children eligible to come here under the Dublin Regulation and the wider criteria of the Immigration Act since the clearance of the Calais camp in October 2016. Our focus has always been to transfer these children quickly and safely.

Since 10 October 2016, more than 750 children have arrived. This is in line with the commitments made by the Home Secretary to Parliament on 24 October 2016.