A Bill to make provision about the award of asylum-seeker status in the United Kingdom to certain unaccompanied children from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea displaced by conflict and present within the European Union; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Tim FarronLiberal Democrat
12 May 2016
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This Bill would change UK rules to allow certain unaccompanied children who have been displaced by conflict in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea and who are currently in the European Union to be granted asylum-seeker status in the United Kingdom. It also includes provisions for related or connected purposes connected to this change.
Currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. The bill originated in the Commons, with its first reading in December 2015.
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8 Dec 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 8 December 2015 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
