Part 1: Measures relating to ending free movement Section 3: Protection claimants: legal routes from the EU and family reunion
Section 3 requires the Secretary of State to carry out a review of legal routes for certain protection claimants to enter the UK– including for family reunion of relevant unaccompanied children who are seeking international protection. That review must include a public consultation on legal routes for family reunion of such children. Section 3 also requires the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament, within three months of the date of this Act, a statement providing further detail of the review and consultation. Following the review, the Secretary of State is required to prepare a report on the outcome of the review, publish that report and lay that report in Parliament.