Migrant Children in Home Office Hotels ‘At Increased Risk of Trafficking’: Report

Published on July 17, 2024

Dozens of children who have gone missing from Home Office hotels housing migrants are likely to have been trafficked, according to a report released on Wednesday. The study, conducted by University College London (UCL) and Every Child Protected Against Trafficking UK (ECPAT), is the first to have found that minors placed in the hotels were at “increased risk of trafficking.” This contradicts previous Home Office claims that the children had not been exploited. Between 2021 and January of this year, 440 children went missing with 144 who still had not been found by November of last year, including a 12-year-old boy. The child hotels were closed down at the start of 2024 after the High Court ruled them unlawful, following legal action by ECPAT, but at least 118 children were still unaccounted for in March, according to the report....

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