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Child trafficking advocate scheme faces further delays

Thursday, February 2, 2017

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to support vulnerable child trafficking victims is unlikely to launch until 2019 at the earliest, more than four years behind schedule, it has been claimed.

Council may quit refugee scheme over £3.6m funding gap

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

A council is considering pulling out of a voluntary scheme for dispersing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children because government funding is £3.6m short of the predicted annual cost.

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 750 trafficking victims and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went missing in the space of a single year, with 40 per cent of them yet to be found, it has emerged.

NCAS conference: Child refugee costs 'unsustainable', councils warn

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

| CYP Now

The cost to councils of looking after asylum-seeking children is "unsustainable", with funding from central government only covering half the expense, children's services leaders have warned.

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to boost the number of foster carers for refugee and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be set out in a government safeguarding strategy, it has been announced.

Council quits child refugee dispersal scheme over £2m cost

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has pulled out of a voluntary government scheme for dispersing unaccompanied asylum seeking children, claiming it cannot afford the estimated additional annual cost of £2m.

Childcare and school places shortage threatens refugee scheme

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A lack of childcare, housing and school places could undermine the UK's commitment to resettle thousands of refugee families from Syria, a government watchdog has warned.

Children's commissioner urges councils to support more young asylum seekers

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has written to all local authorities saying they have a "moral duty" to support more unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Thousands of child asylum seekers told to leave UK

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost 3,000 asylum seeking children aged between 18 and 25 were served with removal directions between 2010 and 2014, it has been revealed.

Gemma test

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Cameron agrees to take in more unaccompanied child refugees

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The UK will take in more unaccompanied child refugees, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Call for clarity over funding of asylum dispersal schemes

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Local government and children's services leaders have called on ministers to clarify funding arrangements for dispersing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the country.

Study highlights ‘hidden' plight of sexually exploited boys

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of boys are being trafficked and sexually exploited in the UK but many are "hidden" to services designed to help them, a study has found.

Massive increase in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

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Friday, February 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of under-18s seeking asylum in the UK have risen by more than 50 per cent in a single year with increasing numbers having their claims refused, it has emerged.

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised for failing to properly support a young woman seeking permission to remain in the UK.

Government considers taking additional 3,000 child refugees

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is considering allowing more unaccompanied child refugees from Syria to move to the UK.

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government should agree to take in an additional 3,000 child refugees from Syria who are stranded in Europe, a group of MPs has said.

Government delays extension of child trafficking advocates scheme

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Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has delayed plans to roll out a child trafficking advocate scheme across England and Wales.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Social workers told to give ‘benefit of doubt' when assessing asylum seekers' age

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Social workers should "give the benefit of the doubt" to asylum seekers when deciding whether they are a child or an adult, children's services leaders have said.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

Cameron: resettlement of child refugees 'a priority'

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| CYP Now

The UK will accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years, with vulnerable children and orphans being prioritised, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

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Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Thousands of migrant children entering the UK on their own are being failed by government because they are not getting long-term support, it has been claimed.

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Child trafficking advocate scheme faces further delays

Council may quit refugee scheme over £3.6m funding gap

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

NCAS conference: Child refugee costs 'unsustainable', councils warn

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

Council quits child refugee dispersal scheme over £2m cost

Childcare and school places shortage threatens refugee scheme

Children's commissioner urges councils to support more young asylum seekers

Thousands of child asylum seekers told to leave UK

Gemma test

Cameron agrees to take in more unaccompanied child refugees

Call for clarity over funding of asylum dispersal schemes

Study highlights ‘hidden' plight of sexually exploited boys

Massive increase in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

Government considers taking additional 3,000 child refugees

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

Government delays extension of child trafficking advocates scheme

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Social workers told to give ‘benefit of doubt' when assessing asylum seekers' age

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

Cameron: resettlement of child refugees 'a priority'

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

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