
The Home Office has announced that its National Transfer Scheme (NTS), designed to evenly disperse unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) across all local authorities, has been made compulsory.
The scheme, which was previously run on a voluntary basis, was first announced in 2016.
The Home Office increased funding for the scheme in June last year before announcing in November that it would be made compulsory on a temporary basis.
The changes to the scheme have raised questions over whether all local authorities are equipped to take on lone migrant children, and if increased funding is enough to support them (see box).
CYP Now sets out key questions for councils and must know information on best practice for the placement of new arrivals.
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