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<p>In the year ending March 2016 the UK received 3,206 asylum applications from unaccompanied
children who had reached the UK.</p><p>We continue to fulfil our obligations under
the Dublin Regulation to unaccompanied children who qualify for transfer to the UK
under family reunification provisions. Since January 2016 our records show that over
60 children have been transferred from other EU countries to the UK.</p><p>In addtion,
the government continues to implement the Immigration Act 2016, including the provision
to transfer unaccompained refugee children to the UK from elswhere in Europe. We are
consulting local authorities as required and are also working closely with relevant
Member States and other partners such as UNHCR, UNICEF and Save the Children.</p><p>We
are working with UNHCR on our Children at Risk Resettlement Scheme to resettle vulnerable
children, both unaccompanied and with their family members from the Middle East and
North Africa region. We have committed to resettling several hundred individuals in
the first year.</p><p>Information on the number of unaccompanied children granted
under refugee family reunion provisions in the Immigration Rules is not captured in
our data and would require a manual review. This information cannot therefore be provided
without exceeding proportionate costs.</p>
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