Asylum Seekers

Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 places upon the Secretary of State a duty to make arrangements to take account of the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in discharging functions relating to immigration, asylum, nationality and customs. These functions are discharged on behalf of the Secretary of State by UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and the Border Force, which are part of the Home Office.

The statutory guidance ‘Every Child Matters: arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children’ and other guidance relevant to the discharge of specific immigration functions set out these arrangements.

Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children - GOV.UK

Every Child Matters