Andy Elvin, chief executive of Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB), claimed it is only luck that has prevented another case like that of eight-year-old Victoria Climbié, who was murdered by her great aunt in 2000 after travelling from the Ivory Coast to live with her.
The charity is currently studying the experiences of 30 children from overseas who were discovered to be living in private fostering arrangements.
Initial findings reveal that 40 per cent had multiple placements by the time they were discovered by councils, around 20 per cent ended up in local authority care because of child protection concerns, most were not in contact with their parents and nearly all had overstayed tourist visas.
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