Dozens of child asylum seekers placed in Home Office hotel for adults

Concerns raised after children classified wrongly as adults were assigned to a hotel where a serious stabbing took place last month

At least 40 child asylum seekers were placed in a Home Office hotel designated for adults where one of them was a victim of a serious stabbing last month, the Guardian has learned.

Lawyers and NGOs have repeatedly raised concerns about children being assessed wrongly as adults by the Home Office after arriving in the UK on small boats.