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625105

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who are entitled to be resettled in the UK under the Dublin III arrangements have had their applications for take charge requests denied or rejected by the Home Office in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	906892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Dublin Regulation deals with the transfer of asylum claims for consideration, not resettlement. Our records indicate that, from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016, the UK refused 98 ‘take charge’ requests under Dublin for a minor, generally where we were not satisfied as to the claimed family relationship with a person in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 31/10/2016 16:58:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1005591

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied minors (1) are permitted to resettle, and (2) have been resettled, in the United Kingdom in each month since the introduction of the Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme announced in April 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL11362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS) resettles ’at-risk’ refugee children from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including their families. Our aim is to resettle up to 3,000 people (children and families, where the child at risk is part of a family unit) through the scheme by 2020.</p><p><br>The scheme does not solely target unaccompanied children, but on UNHCR’s advice also extends to vulnerable ‘children at risk’, such as those threatened with child labour, child marriage and other forms of abuse or exploitation. It is open to all at risk groups and nationalities within the region. There is therefore no specific quota on the number of unaccompanied children who may be referred to, or resettled through, the scheme.</p><p><br>The numbers resettled in a particular period depend on a range of factors in-cluding the flow of referrals from UNHCR in the field and the availability of suitable accommodation and care packages in the UK</p><p>The latest quarterly Immigration Statistics show that, as of June 2018, a total of 883 people had been resettled through the VCRS. The statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018.</a> (see table attached for futher information).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/11/2018 17:38:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name sponsorship-jun-2018-tables.xls.xlsx title Sponsorship - June 2018 - Tables
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1083778

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that refugee children will not lose rights derived from EU law if the UK withdraws from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL14341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The rights of children granted refugee status in the UK are unchanged when we leave the EU. The UK will continue to be bound by the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights and will continue to provide protection to all those who need it, including children, in accordance with our international obligations.</p><p>In respect of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children, Section 17 of the Withdrawal Act requires the Government to seek a reciprocal agreement with the EU to establish a mechanism to transfer children to the UK to reunite with family members.</p><p>If Parliament accepts the Withdrawal Agreement, the existing provisions in respect of the Common European Asylum System will continue to apply in the transition period. In the event of a no deal, the Government has introduced a ‘No Deal’ Statutory Instrument – The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/03/2019 15:21:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1092460

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children transferred to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 have now received section 67 leave to remain since its creation in June 2018.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	uin	HL14715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018 we announced a new route to settlement for those children transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 who do not qualify for international protection.</p><p>Over 220 unaccompanied children have been transferred to the UK under section 67, and transfers of eligible children are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers and will publish the details, including the specific form of leave granted, once all children are in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/04/2019 15:50:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

1170132

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Amnesty International, The Refugee Council and Save the Children Without my Family, published on 10 January, which calls for changes to Government policy on family separation of child refugees in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government provides safe and legal routes to bring families together through its family reunion policy. This allows a partner and children under 18 of those granted protection in the UK to join them here, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country.</p><p>Our current policy does not allow child refugees to sponsor their parents. The Government’s view is that if children could sponsor parents, it would risk creating incentives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk hazardous journeys to the UK. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p>Our policy is not designed to keep child refugees apart from their parents, but in considering any policy we must think carefully about the wider impact to avoid putting more people unnecessarily into harm’s way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/01/2020 17:10:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1170819

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many child refugees came to the UK to join family members in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office publishes a range of data on asylum seekers and refugees in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p> </p><p>This data includes a range of topics relevant to the question above:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The number of asylum applications received in the UK and initial decision on such applications, broken down by age and whether or not the application was lodged by an unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people resettled in the UK, broken down by age are published in table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of family reunion visas granted to family members of refugees in the UK, broken down by age are published in table Fam_D01 of the family reunion datasets.</p><p> </p><p>The number of asylum seekers transferred into and out of the UK under the Dublin Regulation, broken down by Dublin article are published in table Dub_D01 of the Dublin regulation datasets.</p><p> </p><p>On overview of the Dublin articles, and the criteria for meeting each article can be found in the User Guide. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2019 and covers the period requested for (2015 to 2018).</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/01/2020 17:34:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1170821

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that more than 10,000 unaccompanied children have used dangerous means to enter the UK over the past decade; and what steps they are taking to provide safe routes for such children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety. There are a number of safe and legal routes available to the UK which specifically enable us to provide protection for the most vulnerable refugees, including children.</p><p>Since 2010, the UK has granted protection to 41,000 vulnerable children and this will continue to be a priority after we leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/01/2020 16:57:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1170824

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are not continuing the EU policy of assisting child refugees to be reunited with their families in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s policy has not changed and protecting vulnerable children will remain our priority after we leave the EU. The new Clause 37 in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill reaffirms this commitment while clarifying the role of Parliament and Government in negotiations. Additionally Clause 37 places an obligation on the Government to lay a statement before Parliament on the progress of negotiations.</p><p>The Government is clear that we remain committed to seeking an agreement with the EU on this issue, and the Home Secretary wrote to the European Commission on 22 October to begin negotiations. The UK will continue to be bound by the Dublin Regulation provisions during the implementation period, allowing us to continue to transfer family reunion cases to the UK throughout 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/01/2020 17:00:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1189739

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child refugees have been admitted to the UK under (1) section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, and (2) the Dublin Treaty, since 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
	uin	HL3256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have been making continuous progress towards achieving our commitment of relocating 480 unaccompanied children. We will publish the current number of transfers under section 67 on 21 May 2020 along with the publication of the quarterly immigration statistics.</p><p>Between 2016 and 2019, 590 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were transferred to the UK under articles 8.1 and 8.2 of the Dublin III Regulation – the two principle articles in Dublin that allow an unaccompanied child to join a family member lawfully present in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/05/2020 16:33:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

1191466

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied migrant children from refugee camps in Greece they have committed to allow into the UK since 1 January; when such children will be received in the UK; how many of those children they decided to allow into the UK as a direct result of COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold detailed information on the location of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children within European Member States.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the Dublin III Regulation on an annual basis (each February) in the Immigration Statistics This includes data on the number of requests to transfer into and out of the UK and the number acceptances and transfers into and out of, broken down by article. 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</p><p>Instructions on how to use the data can be found in the ‘Notes’ sheet.</p><p>Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin III Regulation. Arrangements to complete a transfer have always been and still are the responsibility of the sending State who have 6 months to enact transfer after acceptance. We continue to liaise with our counterparts in Member States so that we can effect transfers as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.</p><p>The Government remains committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (‘the Dubs amendment’). Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have continued to make further progress with participating States including Greece, to move closer to achieving this commitment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/05/2020 15:57:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann