The new rules, which crackdown on illegal entry into the UK, limit children’s rights to be reunited with their families and include more stringent age assessments for older refugees suspected of claiming to be children, could also increase levels of self-harm and suicide among young asylum seekers, charities have warned.
Under the plans, described by Patel as “firm but fair”, those who are assessed as being in genuine need of protection but have not arrived via the legal routes would not have immediate entry into the asylum programme.
Instead of being granted refugee status, they would receive a “new temporary protection status”, the Home Office has said.
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