Children who arrive in the UK without a parent or carer are entitled to protection under the Children Act 1989 which means they are entitled to the same support from their local council as all other children in care, judge Mrs Justice Lieven told the Family Division of the High Court.
The decision was made in a ruling, published last week (9 June), following two hearings, held in March and April after children’s rights charity Article 39, backed by the Good Law Project, sought a wardship application for 66 children who were reported to have gone missing from a Home Office-run hotel in Brighton and Hove in January.
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