Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum

Lord Hylton
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many unaccompanied children reached the United Kingdom seeking asylum in each of the last 12 months; and whether they can state their countries of origin. [HL3274]

Lord Williams of Mostyn
The available information is given in the following table.

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|Afghanistan                      |
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|Albania                          |
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|Algeria                          |
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|Angola                           |
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|Bangladesh                       |
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|Belarus                          |
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|Bosnia-Herzegovina               |
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|Burundi                          |
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|China                            |
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|Colombia                         |
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|Democratic Republic of Congo     |
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|Cyprus                           |
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|Czech Republic                   |
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|Ecuador                          |
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|Eritrea                          |
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|Ethiopia                         |
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|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia   |
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|Ghana                            |
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|Guinea                           |
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|India                            |
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|Indonesia                        |
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|Iran                             |
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|Iraq                             |
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|Jamaica                          |
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|Kenya                            |
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|Latvia                           |
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|Lebanon                          |
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|Liberia                          |
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|Lithuania                        |
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|Macedonia                        |
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|Moldova                          |
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|Nigeria                          |
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|Pakistan                         |
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|Poland                           |
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|Romania                          |
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|Russia                           |
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|Rwanda                           |
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|Sierra Leone                     |
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|Slovakia                         |
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|Somalia                          |
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|Sri Lanka                        |
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|Sudan                            |
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|Tanzania                         |
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|Turkey                           |
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|Uganda                           |
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|Former USSR (unspecified)        |
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|Vietnam                          |
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|Former Yugoslavia (unspecified) 3|
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|Stateless Palestine              |
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|Other nationalities              |
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|Nationality unknown              |
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|Total                            |
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