Oral QuestionHome Office

“If she will make it her policy to maintain the rights of unaccompanied child refugees in Europe to family reunion in the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.”

Tabled: 22 October 2019Answered: 28 October 2019

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

Mr Lammy

My hon. Friend has taken up these issues time and again in the House. Let me make it clear that the expansion we have seen this year is entirely unacceptable—it is more than the last 20 years combined. We are keeping these issues under review and, of course, I raised them with Prime Minister Netanyahu when I saw him in Israel.