Written questions

Asylum: Children

2026-06-07 · Home Office · 7560 · Official question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children misidentified as adults and detained under the one in, one out scheme have subsequently had their ages confirmed to be under-18 by (a) a local authority and (b) the National Age Asse

Answer

Unaccompanied children are not subject to the agreement between the United Kingdom and France on the prevention of dangerous journeys, also known as the one-in, one-out policy.Upon arrival, where an individual claims to be a child without any credible and...