Asylum: Children

(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from Greater Manchester child and migrant rights organisations on children seeking asylum in the UK who are at a higher risk of criminal exploitation, self-harm and dying by suicide.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 15th February 2022

The Home Office regularly receive representations from Greater Manchester child and migrants’ rights organisations on children seeking asylum in the UK who are at a higher risk of criminal exploitation, self-harm and dying by suicide.

The department most recently received a courtesy copy of an open letter dated 16 December 2021, from the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) in which 25 child and migrant rights organisations wrote to us and we replied to this on the 20 January 2022.

The department maintains a working relationship with GMIAU and other regional organisations through our strategic partnerships; including the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF), who continue to work collaboratively to ensure asylum claims from children and young people remains one of our top priorities.

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