Forty children reported missing from UK asylum hotels still not found
In 2023 it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels. Photograph: AlexLinch/Getty/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenIn 2023 it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels. The figure emerged in a report on Thursday by the joint committee on human rights on how the social care system is failing young adults.In 2023, it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels, some of whom were reported to be as young as 12.
- ▪In 2023 it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels.
- ▪Photograph: AlexLinch/Getty/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenIn 2023 it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels.
- ▪The figure emerged in a report on Thursday by the joint committee on human rights on how the social care system is failing young adults.In 2023, it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home
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| Publication time | Thu, 27 Aug 2026 04:00:04 GMT |
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In 2023 it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels. Photograph: AlexLinch/Getty/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenIn 2023 it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels. Photograph: AlexLinch/Getty/iStockphotoImmigration and asylumForty children reported missing from UK asylum hotels still not foundParliamentary committee welcomes fact most of 472 missing have been found but ‘extremely concerned’ for restRajeev Syal Home affairs editorThu 27 Aug 2026 00.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleForty children who went missing from hotels housing asylum seekers in the UK have still not been found, according to a parliamentary report.Ministers are facing calls from…
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