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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

‘Flawed decisions’ saw 262 child asylum seekers wrongly classed as adults

A Home Office spokesperson said they ‘will never compromise on border security’ (Alamy/PA) -

More than 260 child asylum seekers were wrongly put in adult accommodation or detention in the first half of last year, a coalition of charities has said.

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium said such “flawed decision-making” has led to children being put at risk.

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