A few years ago I was working for a local authority in a safe house for trafficked young people. When a young person arrives in the country, they are only entitled to a place if they are under 18, where they can be accommodated by section 20 of the Children Act and are entitled to support from social services. We work with many young people who could be either side of 18.
One girl arrived who told the immigration authorities she was 17. She told us she had been taken from her family to a small town for three weeks where she was raped, then confided to us that she was actually 18.
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