Kent County Council has a duty to care for lone children who enter the UK via the English Channel.
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The authority has a statutory duty to care for lone children who enter the UK via the English ChannelA council is looking for premises to turn into large registered home for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. “She has worked with the council’s infrastructure team who have undertaken an extensive search for land or premises in our area that may be used or repurposed for accommodating UAS children. Work is ongoing to explore the feasibility of those sites,” Mr Watts wrote.
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