Council quits child refugee scheme over funding shortfall

Joe Lepper
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

A council has become the latest local authority to pull out of a voluntary scheme to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) from other areas, blaming a lack of government funding for its decision.

Under the national voluntary transfer scheme councils can be asked to accept unaccompanied children up to a level of 0.07 per cent of their total 0-19 population. Picture: Shutterstock
Under the national voluntary transfer scheme councils can be asked to accept unaccompanied children up to a level of 0.07 per cent of their total 0-19 population. Picture: Shutterstock

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