Greek Islands: Asylum

(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children the Government plans to resettle from the Greek Islands under the Dublin Agreement in 2020.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 26th June 2020

Protecting vulnerable children remains a key priority for the Government. In 2019 alone, the UK received more asylum applications from unaccompanied children than any country in the EU and accounted for approximately 20% of all reported asylum claims from unaccompanied children in the UK and the 27 EU Member States.

The UK remains fully committed to meeting its obligations under the Dublin Regulation and we will continue to accept request for transfer until the end of the transition period.

The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children transferred to the UK under the Dublin Regulation is dependent on the number of requests received from EU Member States and how many of those requests are accepted. The latest data, covering up to 2019, can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#dublin-regulation

The UK committed to a one-off relocation of 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.? We have now transferred 478 unaccompanied children from participating States, including Greece and will complete the final transfers as soon as it is safe to do so. We welcome the pledges made by other countries to support Greece and stand ready to offer advice and guidance to those developing their own schemes.

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