§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the treatment of child asylum seekers with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [142045]
§ Mrs. RocheIn ratifying the Convention the United Kingdom entered a reservation in respect of immigration law. Decisions on the entry and stay of children are made on the basis of our domestic law and our international obligations to refugees. We take the view that our treatment of child asylum seekers is entirely consistent with the broad thrust of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In particular, we are satisfied that the comprehensive provision in United Kingdom law for the care and protection of children applies in full to children who have been recognised as refugees in this country and to those who have sought asylum here but whose claims have not yet been determined.