06 July 2023

'Not acceptable' to treat age disputed young people as spontaneous arrivals

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It is ‘simply not acceptable’ that age disputed young people from asylum hotels are treated as spontaneous arrivals, says the head of England’s directors of children’s services.

Speaking at the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) conference in Manchester today, president John Pearce said some aspects of the current system ‘need urgent change’.

He told delegates: ‘It’s simply not acceptable that age disputed young people from Home Office commissioned hotels are treated as spontaneous arrivals to host local authorities.

‘This is clearly not the case. They have been placed there by the Home Office so there is nothing spontaneous about it and the disproportionate impact on host local authorities is becoming an increasing issue we need to revisit now.’

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