Child asylum seekers 'falling apart' due to Home Office delays

Halt to interviews in March last year due to Covid has had devastating emotional impact'

Children are emotionally and physically falling apart because the asylum system ground to a halt during the pandemic, according to social workers and charities.

Young people who have arrived in the UK on their own have faced huge delays in receiving an asylum decision as the Home Office system for interviewing children largely ground to a halt last March, resulting in a devastating emotional impact".