To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unaccompanied young asylum seekers have arrived
in the UK in the past 12 months; and where they have been sent.
<p>Annual Figures on the number of claims for asylum from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking
Children (UASC), including by country of nationality, are published quarterly by the
Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration
Statistics April to June 2016, is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016.</p><p>The
Government is committed to ensuring that there is a more equitable distribution of
UASC across the country and that no one authority has to care for more UASC than they
are able to. That is why we introduced the voluntary National Transfer Scheme and
have consulted with every region in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
on their capacity. In order to continue the success of the voluntary scheme more local
authorities will need to participate and offer places for unaccompanied children from
councils which are caring for disproportionately high numbers.</p>
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statement by the Minister of
State for Immigration, Mr Robert Goodwill MP, in his letter to Lord Roberts of Llandudno
of 12 September, CTS Reference M9899/16, that "over 3,000 unaccompanied children arrived
in the UK in 2015", where those children were from, and where they were sent in the
UK.
<p>Annual Figures on the number of claims for asylum from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking
Children (UASC), including by country of nationality, are published quarterly by the
Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration
Statistics April to June 2016, is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016.</p><p>The
Government is committed to ensuring that there is a more equitable distribution of
UASC across the country and that no one authority has to care for more UASC than they
are able to. That is why we introduced the voluntary National Transfer Scheme and
have consulted with every region in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
on their capacity. In order to continue the success of the voluntary scheme more local
authorities will need to participate and offer places for unaccompanied children from
councils which are caring for disproportionately high numbers.</p>
