The Government estimates that there are 5,000 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK, 75 per cent of whom are aged 16 and 17. The review aims to control costs and create more consistency in services for these young people.
Lisa Nandy, policy adviser on young refugees at The Children's Society, and chair of the Refugee Children's Consortium, said she feared costcutting would lead to a two-tier care system: one for the majority of young people in care, and one for young asylum-seekers.
"The only way of cutting costs would be to take away leaving-care support for asylum-seekers when they reach the age of 18," she said.
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