Refugees: Children

(asked on 10th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any representations from Leeds City Council on the provision of more places for unaccompanied child refugees under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.


Answered by
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Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 15th November 2017

We are very grateful to Leeds City Council for their work in looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children, including their active participation in the National Transfer Scheme (NTS).

Any offers of further placements for unaccompanied asylum seeking children will be utilised to fulfil all of our existing commitments, including under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and our broader work through the NTS of ensuring a more equal allocation of the approximately 4,500 unaccompanied children already in care in the UK.

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