Kent said it has identified nine properties across the county as migrant arrivals continue to grow.
The council currently has two centres which provide temporary accommodation for unaccompanied children while they wait to be transferred to other local authorities under the National Transfer Scheme (NTS).
The High Court ruled in July last year that Kent had acted unlawfully by failing to accommodate and look-after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in their area after leaders said it was “unsafe” to take responsibility for any more in 2020 and 2021.
It also ruled that Home Office use of hotels, where children are denied local authority protection and care, as a source of accommodation was unlawful. A significant number of unaccompanied children housed in hotels since 2021 have gone missing.
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