Leaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in Europe

Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 28 October 2019.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel The Secretary of State for the Home Department

The UK has a long and proud tradition of offering protection to vulnerable people fleeing war and persecution, and the Government take the welfare of vulnerable children seriously. We support the principle of family unity wholeheartedly, and the Government are committed to meeting our obligation under section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU on family reunion for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.