The Safe Case Transfer project looked at how to relieve pressure onlocal authorities with high numbers of asylum-seeking children. Itlinked Kent County Council with three authorities in Greater Manchesterand was backed by the Home Office.
Pauline Newman, director of children's services at Manchester CityCouncil, said: "We've worked with Kent on the best way to receive theseyoung people, assess them and transfer them to homes in the NorthWest."
Manchester, Bury and Bolton councils have supported 30 male asylumseekers aged 16 and 17 as part of the scheme, which began in 2003.
"This is not just about fulfilling statutory requirements but aboutdealing sensitively and yet also in a commonsense way with often quitetraumatised young people who find themselves alone in a strange countrywith no friends or relatives to turn to," said Newman.
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