Kent Council today said it “cannot safely accept” new unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) amid a surge in new arrivals and called on the Home Office to “fairly distribute the children to other local authorities”.
The Home Office has now confirmed that UASC arriving in Kent will be looked-after at the Kent Intake Unit - a so-called processing centre in Dover - under Border Force until they can be taken into the care of another local authority.
A spokesperson for the Home Office said the department did not expect children to be in the care of Border Force "for very long".
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