JustRight Scotland, together with over 70 organisations, has written a joint statement in response to ECPAT UK’s new report Outside the Frame, which gives chilling statistics on how many children arriving in England without a parent or guardian in the last year were denied the urgent care the state owes them.
We ask the UK Government to cease the use of Home Office hotel accommodation and invest in proper care for children, so that local authorities can accept and support every child who arrives on our shores without a parent or guardian, as the law dictates.
We want children in the UK to be seen as children first and foremost and to be protected and cared for safely and without discrimination.
You can read the full statement here.
