Streamlined asylum processing for children: caseworker guidance
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
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Last updated 3 August 2023 + show all updates
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Revisions have been made to this guidance to: incorporate changes to streamlined asylum processing; remove references to the differentiation policy which was paused in the July 2023 Immigration Rules changes; update on when a statement of evidence form is not required.
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First published.
Update history
2025-07-18 01:00
Updated the high grant nationalities in scope section, so that the policy no longer includes Afghanistan, and updated to reflect the fact that asylum decisions on Syrian cases are no longer on pause and can be considered under the children’s streamlined asylum process again.
2024-12-20 12:28
Replaced guidance.
2023-08-03 09:43
Revisions have been made to this guidance to: incorporate changes to streamlined asylum processing; remove references to the differentiation policy which was paused in the July 2023 Immigration Rules changes; update on when a statement of evidence form is not required.
2023-03-16 15:00
First published.