Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on the Number of Children Who Have Been Separated from Their Parent(s) Because of the Parent(s)’ Immigration Status, by Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law

Question:

Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Government collects statistics on the number of children who have been separated from their parent(s) because of the parent(s)’ immigration status; and (b) if so, for each year in the past five years, how many children have been separated from their parent(s) because of the parent(s)’s immigration status.

Answer:

1. The Government does not collect statistics on the number of children separated from their parents due to the latter’s immigration status.