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Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Version: 1.1 1. Scope and Definition 1.1 This document sets out the terms…
Date of Issue: 07 May 2024 Version: 1.0 1. Scope and Definition 1.1 This…
UK Visas and Immigration's arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims from accompanied and unaccompanied children.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the age of an applicant when they claim to be a child.
National transfer procedure on transferring unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Immigration staff guidance on the commencement of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).
Immigration staff guidance on how the Home Office and local authorities in England assess age disputes from applicants claiming to be a child.
Immigration staff guidance detailing the policy, processes and procedures to follow when receiving an asylum claim from families with a child under 18.
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
Immigration staff guidance on Operation Innerste, a multi agency operation focused on safeguarding unaccompanied migrant children in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) who are about to turn 18 years old.
Immigration staff guidance on processing and deciding asylum claims, including for those who conduct interviews.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy and procedures for tracing family members of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Detention services order 19/2012 about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in detention.
Immigration staff guidance on cases with Hague Convention proceedings in the UK High Court.
Asylum policy guidance on identity checking and family tracing by the Albanian authorities.
Asylum policy guidance on verifying the identities and tracing the families of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Vietnam.
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