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<p>We continue to work very closely with participating States France, Greece and Italy,
local authorities and delivery partners to relocate the specified number of 480 children
under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 as soon as possible. Over 220 children
are already in the UK and transfers are ongoing.</p><p><br>We recently took the positive
decision to remove the date criterion for the referral of unaccompanied children in
Europe to be relocated to the UK un-der section 67. Participating States will now
be able to refer the most vul-nerable children whose best interests are served by
relocation to the UK, regardless of when they arrived into Europe. We expect this
to increase the rate of referrals from participating States. Relocation of eligible
children to the UK is also dependent on the availability of appropriate local authority
care placements.</p>
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