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Home Office taken to court over ‘unlawful’ child refugee policy

THE Home Office is being taken to court over its “unlawful” family reunification policy which campaigners claim is putting the lives of child refugees “at risk.” 

Charity Safe Passage filed for a judicial review last year to challenge the policy which changed how family reunification requests are processed. 

The charity claims the policy change leads to “wrong decisions” as it doesn’t go far enough to determine whether family members are related, and tells decision-makers to refuse a request if they fail to consider it in time.  

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