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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-09-02more like thismore than 2016-09-02
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Children more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to accelerate the process of family reunification for unaccompanied refugee children in Europe. more like this
tabling member constituency Totnes more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Sarah Wollaston remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-09-12
answer text <p>The Government began work to implement the ‘Dubs amendment’ immediately after the Immigration Bill gained Royal Assent. Over 30 children who meet the criteria in the Immigration Act have been accepted for transfer since it received Royal Assent in May, the majority of these have already arrived in the UK.</p><p>We continue to work with the French, Greek and Italian authorities and others to speed up existing family reunification processes or implement new processes where necessary for unaccompanied children. We have seconded a UK official to Greece, we have a long-standing secondee working in Italy and will shortly be seconding another official to the French Interior Ministry to support these efforts.</p><p>We have established a dedicated team in the Home Office Dublin Unit to lead on family reunion cases for unaccompanied children. Transfer requests under the Dublin Regulation are now generally processed within 10 days and children transferred within weeks. Over 120 children have been accepted for transfer this year from Europe.</p><p>We also continue to consult local authorities about the transfer unaccompanied refugee children from Europe to the UK, where it is in their best interests.</p>
answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby remove filter
answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-09-12T15:27:43.263Zmore like thismore than 2016-09-12T15:27:43.263Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill more like this
tabling member
4073
label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston more like this