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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

Labour calls for 'urgent action' on gangs kidnapping asylum-seeking children from hotels

Labour has called for “urgent and serious action” to crack down on gangs who are kidnapping vulnerable asylum-seeking children from Home Office-run hotels.

There are 76 vulnerable children who went missing from accommodation in Brighton and Hove and still have not been found, according to reports from Sussex Police.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper demanded the Home Office “immediately end the contract with this hotel and move the children out to safer accommodation”.

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