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<p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States
to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application
route for transfer to the UK. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by
the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member
State figures, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application"
target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of
unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including
those transferred under the Dublin III Regulation. This data will be published in
the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, the UK has two months
from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject
responsibility for processing the asylum claim. Within this two month period, the
Home Office will undertake a number of mandatory checks, including security and a
local authority assessment. Where possible, the Home Office will decide cases ahead
of the two month deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Once a Dublin request has been accepted,
the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the
transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers
as soon as possible and ahead of the six month timeframe.</p>
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