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Asylum (Unaccompanied Children Displaced by Conflict) Bill

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.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Asylum (Unaccompanied Children Displaced by Conflict) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 8 December 2015 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 8 Dec 2015
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 12 May 2016.