In a "clear sign the system is broken", no children were transferred from London through the Home Office's National Transfer Scheme during the first quarter of 2019, according to London Councils' report Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: A Place of Safety.
This is putting the capital's councils under unsustainable pressure, with fears that it could put in jeopardy their ability to care for these children, claims the group, which represents the 32 London borough councils.
This year's rate has fallen from 33 transfers in the equivalent period in 2018, the report states.
It claims the low number is against a backdrop of growing numbers of unaccompanied children arriving in the capital and a claimed £32 million local authority funding shortfall last year.
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