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<p>Our records indicate that the total number of asylum seeking children who were
removed from the United Kingdom after reaching the age of 18 from 2007 to 2015 is
6,797. A breakdown of these returns is provided in the table below.</p><p>Removal
of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children will only take place after their asylum
claim has been finally determined, including any appeal hearing, and it has been established
that there is no risk of persecution, or of a breach of the European Convention on
Human Rights, upon return to their Home Country.</p><p>After a former unaccompanied
asylum seeking child is over eighteen years of age, and found not to be at risk upon
return to their home country, their removal will be managed in line with our usual
arrangements for the safe and secure return of failed asylum seekers who do not leave
the UK voluntarily.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Asylum Seeking Children Returned after
Turning 18 - HL7605</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year
of Return</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Individuals Removed</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,338</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
6,797 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Table
Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>1. This is
provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured
to the standard of Official Statistics.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>2.This
data is based on the returns of individuals who have made asylum applications as main
applicants who were minors at the date of application. The applicants were not necessarily
unaccompanied.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>3. The figures
include voluntary and enforced removals from January 2007.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>4. The table shows only the first removal of any individual
since January 2007. The figures for 2010 and 2014 therefore differ from those in the
answer to HL2297 which showed the first removal in the two years 2010 and 2014 only.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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