The Home Office is facing criticism from MPs after it said it could no longer publish figures on the fate of missing asylum seeker children because the data is not 'quality assured'
The Home Office is facing criticism from MPs after it said it could no longer publish figures on the fate of missing asylum seeker children because the data is not “quality assured”
Children’s Commissioner Rachel D’Souza said she was “deeply concerned” by the reports and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper accused the Home Office of a “dereliction of duty”. The Home Office had been providing responses to written questions from MPs asking how many children were still missing but it has now ended publication of the data, saying the numbers were “not quality assured” and could only be obtained via Freedom of Information request.
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP for Brighton who has been trying to seek answers from the Government, said: “Ministers are refusing to come clean, and MPs are being left in the dark. With vulnerable young people at risk, It’s time for clarity and transparency from Government – we must be informed and updated on the fate of these children.”: “It is shocking that when unaccompanied asylum seeking children come here they’re not safe from criminals and traffickers.
In July, the High Court ruled that the Home Office had unlawfully placed lone child asylum seekers in hotels following a legal challenge from the campaign group Every Child Protected Against Child Trafficking and local councils. The council is an interested party in separate action taken by Kent County Council against the Home Office over what it claims is the unlawful way in which the government manages unaccompanied refugee children in Britain.
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