This case, brought by the charity Help Refugees Ltd, looked at the processes followed regarding the relocation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
Lobbied for in response to the migration crisis of 2015-16, section 67 of the Immigration Act (also called the "Dubs amendment") established a scheme whereby the secretary of state was required to arrange for the relocation of "specified number" of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. That number was to be determined by the Secretary of State in consultation with local authorities. In September 2016, the Home Office asked each local authority to specify the number of these children they could accommodate.
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