Lord Roberts of Llandudno – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2016-01-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many failed 18-year-old asylum seekers received some payment to assist in their deportation from the UK.
Lord Bates
The number of people who applied for asylum in the UK as a child and later received an assisted return package as an adult to support a voluntary return to their country of origin is given in the table below. It is not Home Office policy to deport asylum seeking children.
|
Year |
Asylum seeking children receiving an assisted voluntary return |
|
2011 |
75 |
|
2012 |
89 |
|
2013 |
76 |
|
2014 |
46 |
|
2015 (to September) |
31 |
|
The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. |
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