Asylum seekers: Home Office accused of ‘catastrophic child protection failure’

Exclusive: over 220 unaccompanied children revealed as missing from hotels funded by the department

More than 220 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are missing from hotels funded by the Home Office, prompting claims that the chaos-stricken government department is presiding over a catastrophic child protection failure".

Ministers have admitted that the Home Office has no idea of the whereabouts of 222 vulnerable children it was meant to be protecting.