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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Sachin Ravikumar

UK says 200 asylum-seeking children missing, some aged under 16

FILE PHOTO: Pro-immigration protestors argue with an anti-immigration protestor, during a vigil calling for the Manston migrant processing centre to be closed, in Manston, Britain, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said on Tuesday, raising new questions over ministers' handling of migrant arrivals.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government is under pressure on two fronts over immigration: from those who say he is failing to protect Britain's borders from migrants arriving in small boats and others who say the government is not treating those who arrive properly.

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