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<p>Protecting vulnerable children remains a key priority of this Government and we
have a proud record of doing so through our asylum system and our resettlement schemes.</p><p>The
UK remains fully committed to meeting its obligations under the Dublin III Regulation,
and unaccompanied children can continue to transfer to the UK from Greece under Dublin.
The Regulation makes it clear that once a take charge request has been accepted for
an unaccompanied child, the transfer is the responsibility of the requesting State.
Despite covid-19 restrictions, the UK is ready to accept transfers under Dublin whenever
Member States are in a position to make those arrangements. We recently worked closely
with Greece to complete the transfer of vulnerable people, including unaccompanied
children, on 11 May who were united with family members in the UK. We continue to
liaise with our counterparts in Member States on what actions can be taken during
this period and to effect transfers as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.</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 and Member State requesting. The latest data, covering up to 2019,
can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#dublin-regulation"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#dublin-regulation</a></p><p>Instructions
on how to use the data can be found in the ‘Notes’ sheet.</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 and 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>
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