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Section 16: Accommodation and other support for unaccompanied migrant children

Illegal Migration Act 2023 · 2023 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2025-12-02 by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, accommodation in England for unaccompanied children in England.

In this section, “accommodation for unaccompanied migrant children” means accommodation provided under this section.

While a child is residing in accommodation for unaccompanied migrant children, the Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, other types of support to the child.

Subsections (1) to (3) are to be treated as having had effect at all times on or after 7 March 2023.

For the purposes of this section and section 17, a person (“C”) is an unaccompanied child if—

C meets the four conditions in section 2, reading subsection (3) of that section as if it referred to a person entering or arriving in the United Kingdom as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section on or after 7 March 2023,
C is under the age of 18, and
at the time of C’s entry or arrival in the United Kingdom by virtue of which C meets the condition in section 2(3), no individual (whether or not a parent of C) who was aged 18 or over had care of C.

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