In an interview with CYP Now, Kent DCS Matt Dunkley said that the council needs urgent government and local authority support to deal with a recent influx of migrant boats, many containing children and young people, arriving at Dover.
Since the start of the year, the council has become responsible for 420 unaccompanied children, 275 of whom have arrived since May, Dunkley said, highlighting concerns over the government’s National Transfer Scheme (NTS) which is designed to disperse unaccompanied migrant children across the country.
Just 20 beds were available in the local authority’s reception centres for UASC aged 16 and 17 on Thursday, he added.
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