A new set of laws concerning asylum and immigration in the UK, the Illegal Migration Bill, is currently passing through parliament. This controversial legislation poses a serious threat to children's rights, the child protection framework in the UK and to local authorities whose duties will be put on a collision course with immigration policy.
The bill is not yet law. However, if it is voted through parliament in the coming months, then once it is enacted some of the measures will operate retrospectively to those who arrived on or after 7 March 2023.
The bill contains a series of broad measures, and some specific clauses on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Almost all of the broad and punitive measures in the bill apply to children, including unaccompanied children. These include:
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