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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

System for moving asylum-seeking children out of hotels ‘simply cannot cope’

The system for moving lone asylum-seeking children out of hotels and into long-term care placements is “overloaded” and “simply cannot cope”, a council leader has warned.

Society “cannot and should not” have such children staying in hotels, said councillor James Jamieson, who called for a better system across the country.

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