The Fairer Fostering Partnership, whose members include Tact Fostering and Adoption, Barnardo’s and Action for Children, wrote to children’s minister Vicky Ford saying it was “unacceptable” for children to be looked-after by Border Force.
The letter comes after the Home Office confirmed UASC were being housed at the Kent Intake Unit, an asylum processing centre in Dover, after Kent Council became unable to “safely accept” new arrivals.
A statement from council leader Roger Gough revealed that Kent has received 430 new unaccompanied children since January, more than 275 of whom had arrived since May.
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