Written Question·Home Office·UIN 39618

Refugees: Children

Tabled: 19 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce an (a) expedited and (b) automatic process for granting refugee status to children born in the UK to parents with existing refugee status.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Under the Immigration Rules protection status can only be granted when an individual’s protection needs have been considered and they are found to be eligible for refugee status in their own right.All asylum decisions must demonstrate that the child’s bes...

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