With the closure of the Calais "jungle" refugee camp complete, some of the unaccompanied asylum-seeking children previously living in the camp have been brought to the UK through legal routes. The first group of children and teenagers were transferred to the UK under the provisions of the Dublin III Regulation.
This is European-wide regulation on the treatment of asylum claims which are made in countries within the European Union (EU) and the regulation remains in operation while the UK remains a part of the EU. It governs the return of people claiming asylum to the first EU country that they entered, as well as which country should be responsible for processing the claims of families and children.
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