Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children
Whilst the number of CLA has fluctuated over the last 5 years, the number of young people aged 16 and over entering care over the period has increased from 22% on 31 March 2022 to 26% on 31 March 2023 due, in large part, to the increase in UASC of that age.
Coventry has a proud history of supporting refugees and migrants as has been shown in the response to the Syrian Refugee crisis. Coventry has increased the number of UASC being looked after in the city, taking more than the minimum number expected by Government’s National Transfer Scheme.
The % of CLA who are UASC has been 10% for the first three months of 2023, which is the highest it has been in the past eight years.
