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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mirren Gidda

Fears grow over police collecting data from lone child refugees in UK

A UK immigration enforcement officer escorts a child migrant in Dover.
A UK immigration enforcement officer escorts a child migrant in Dover. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Police have been collecting the sensitive data of unaccompanied child asylum seekers and sharing it with immigration enforcement, sparking fears it could be used against them for their deportation.

As part of a government operation to prevent unaccompanied migrant children being trafficked from Home Office hotels, police officers meet them for what is described as a “welfare conversation” to create “a relationship of trust”.

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