{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020/section-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/1",
  "legislation_title": "European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Arrangements with EU about unaccompanied children seeking asylum",
  "text": "In section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (family unity for those seeking asylum or other protection in Europe), for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) A Minister of the Crown must, within the period of two months beginning with the day on which the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 is passed, lay before Parliament a statement of policy in relation to any future arrangements between the United Kingdom and the EU about—\n(a) unaccompanied children, who make an application for international protection to a member State, coming to the United Kingdom where it is in their best interests to join a relative who—\n(i) is a lawful resident of the United Kingdom, or\n(ii) has made a protection claim which has not been decided, and\n(b) unaccompanied children in the United Kingdom, who make a protection claim, going to a member State to join a relative there in equivalent circumstances.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:23.096559+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}