Section 67: Unaccompanied refugee children: relocation and support

Immigration Act 2016 · 2016 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Support etc for certain categories of migrant

The Secretary of State must, as soon as possible after the passing of this Act, make arrangements to relocate to the United Kingdom and support a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children from other countries in Europe.

The number of children to be resettled under subsection (1) shall be determined by the Government in consultation with local authorities.

The relocation of children under subsection (1) shall be in addition to the resettlement of children under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.