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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal and Emily Dugan

Unvetted staff working in hotels housing child asylum seekers, report says

The Home Office building in Westminster.
The Home Office building in Westminster, central London. In the year to September, there were 3,256 child asylum seekers held in UK hotels. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/the Guardian

Unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been living in hotels alongside adults whose backgrounds have not been checked, a damning report has revealed.

An independent inspection has severely criticised the Home Office after staff in two hotels were found not to have been checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), as is required by government rules. Staff had access to master keys while young refugees stayed in the building.

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