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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor and Rajeev Syal

Home Office accused of ‘dereliction of duty’ over missing child asylum seekers

Brighton seafront
A whistleblower working for a Home Office contractor described how children had been abducted outside a Brighton hotel and bundled into cars. Photograph: Jon Santa Cruz/Rex/Shutterstock

Ministers have been accused of a “dereliction of duty” over their failure to find 76 child asylum seekers who have gone missing from a Brighton hotel managed by the Home Office.

The accusation came during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday after an Observer investigation that cited child protection sources and a whistleblower working for a Home Office contractor, who described how youngsters had been abducted off the street outside the Brighton hotel and bundled into cars.

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