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British Nationality

Commons · Question 32252 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s guidance entitled Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, whether children granted refugee status who arrived in the UK unaccompanied can n

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 3 Mar 2025

When assessing good character, it is normally appropriate to disregard immigration breaches if it is accepted this was outside of the applicant’s control, which will normally be the case where children are involved.