Member

The suspension of refugee family reunion until the spring creates a particular risk for unaccompanied children outside the UK whose refugee family members in the UK would have made the application. First, have the Government given this group, who are now in that frozen category, any particular consideration? Secondly, will there be a consultation process for the new refugee family reunion framework? Who will be consulted and when, and will that include refugees with lived experience of family reunion? Thirdly, what consideration have the Government given to the impact on the numbers of people taking irregular routes as a result of the suspension of family reunion? That is the situation we are in at this very moment.