Better outcomes: the way forward Improving the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children

Publishers British Border And Immigration Agency Communications Directorate Zones UK Type Guide / Guidelines / Principle Date of publication Undated Document main thematic Child Protection/ Related Topic Document thematics Migration Total pages 32

On the 1st March 2007 the Border and Immigration Agency published its consultation paper ‘Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children’. The consultation paper identified a number of key areas for improvements to the immigration and care support arrangements for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The proposals set out in the paper reflected a widespread consensus on the need for changes to the current arrangements for this group of young people, with a particular need to safeguard children at the same time as managing the immigration system effectively.