The figures, based on a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to all local authorities in England have been published by the South London Refugee Association and Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
The organisations warn that “without better immigration support from local authorities, these children face uncertain and unsafe futures”.
The report, Taking Care: How local authorities can best address immigration issues of children in care, adds that the problem “is almost certainly worse than it seems” because 41 of 117 local authorities which answered the FOI request had missing or incomplete data on the immigration status of children in their care.
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