PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum (8 June 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children were denied permanent asylum having applied as an adult in 2015.
Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
Answer
When a child passes the age of 18 and their Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) leave expires, they are no longer considered to be a UASC and are therefore required to take steps to return voluntarily or seek further leave to remain. Our records show that the number of main asylum claimants under the age of 18 years of age, who were granted UASC leave based on an asylum claim made on or after 1 April 2005 , who went on to submit a further leave application in 2015 and were refused is 311.
Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
15 June 2016
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