Leaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in Europe

Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 28 October 2019.

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Photo of Virendra Sharma Virendra Sharma Labour, Ealing, Southall

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At least one third of all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England are cared for in London, but London Councils has identified a £32 million funding shortfall. Will the Government commit to fully funding those unsustainable care costs and to reforming the national transfer scheme, so that local authorities can continue to provide the high quality care and support that vulnerable children need?