There’s a sign by the counter that says, ‘every summer has its own story’. That may be true, but every summer also now has one story, as the weather gets warmer and more small boats arrive, about crisis support for asylum-seekers including unaccompanied children.
The recent High Court judgment that the practice of using hotels to accommodate unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) children is unlawful surely necessitates a change of narrative, one driven by urgency and the right level of resourcing so that we can, as corporate parents, fulfil our duties.
We all take our duty to provide support to these vulnerable children and young people extremely seriously and need to provide Kent with assistance in this respect; but there also needs to be recognition that our collective capacity to do so is limited by a lack of adequate funding and a national shortage of placements.
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