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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman

Hundreds of lone child refugees still placed in ‘unacceptable’ hotels

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Hundreds of lone child refugees have been housed in Home Office hotel accommodation branded “unacceptable” by Ofsted despite ministers pledging to end the practice last year, it has emerged.

The government has admitted to placing primary school aged children in these hotels, in spite of warnings that this form of accommodation places youngsters at risk of exploitation.

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