On 12 September, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) launched an inquiry into the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people in the UK, with a particular focus on those seeking asylum and those who are victims of trafficking.
The JCHR’s request for evidence highlights a number of long-held concerns regarding the treatment of these children in the UK, from the status they are given to the support that they receive.
Of the separated children seeking asylum in the UK, less than 20 per cent are granted refugee status, while the majority are granted discretionary leave to remain, a temporary status which does not provide sufficient protection or a durable solution for these vulnerable young people and arguably contradicts the UK Border Agency’s statutory duty to safeguard and protect the welfare of children (Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009).
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