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Includes information about provisions for children who arrive unaccompanied to seek asylum, rather than as a dependant of an adult asylum seeker.
Information provided applies to England & Wales
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This fact sheet provides information on the type of leave granted to unaccompanied children who are not granted refugee status or humanitarian protection but who the Home Office decides cannot be returned to their country of origin.
Some migrants in the UK are stateless, which means that they are not considered a national under the law of any country. This factsheet provides guidance on when a child might be stateless and the process to be followed to regularise their status.