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

UK minister admits 200 asylum-seeking children have gone missing

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NGOs have offered to help the Home Office keep children safe but the government has rejected these offers. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy

Two hundred asylum-seeking children who were placed in hotels run by the Home Office have gone missing, a minister has admitted.

They include one girl and at least 13 children under the age of 16, the Home Office minister Simon Murray told the House of Lords on Monday.

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