The Secretary of State must review, or arrange for a review of, the ways in which protection claimants who are in a member State are able to enter the United Kingdom lawfully.
For the purposes of this section a "protection claimant" is a person who—
The review under subsection (1) must, in particular—
The Secretary of State must, within the period of three months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a statement providing further details about the review under subsection (1) and, in particular, about the aspect of the review described in subsection (3).
After the review, the Secretary of State must—
In this section—
"application for international protection" has the meaning given by Article 2(h) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted;
"protection claim" has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (see section 82(2) of that Act);
"relative", in relation to an unaccompanied child, means a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother or sister of the child;
"unaccompanied child" means a person under the age of 18 ("the child") who is not in the care of a person who—
(a)is aged 18 or over, and
(b)by law or custom of the country or territory in which the child is present, has responsibility for caring for the child.