Question reference: S5W-23011
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 7 May 2019
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 May 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures local authorities follow to support young unaccompanied asylum seekers who have been dispersed to Scotland and who are challenging an age assessment on them that had been carried out in another part of the UK, and whether this includes the councils considering carrying out their own age assessment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-23009 on 21 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .