UK says 200 asylum-seeking children missing, some aged under 16

LONDON, Jan 24 — Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said today, raising...

LONDON, Jan 24 — Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said today, raising new questions over ministers' handling of migrant arrivals.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was called to parliament on Tuesday by a member of the Green Party to explain media reports of missing children. "The movements of under-18s in and out of hotels are monitored and reported and they're accompanied by social workers when attending organised activities," Jenrick told parliament.The number of people arriving in England across the Channel has more than doubled in the last two years, with government figures showing Albanians account for the highest number of people arriving by this route.

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