The number of child asylum seekers living here after arriving alone topped 5,000 for the first time this year. The figures showed more than one in 20 of all children living in state care was an unaccompanied asylum seeker. A Home Office analysis last year showed child asylum seekers whose age is checked turn out to be adults in three out of five cases. This means asylum seekers who are really adults can be placed with school pupils, or with children in foster families or children's homes. 'However there is a scheme in place to help redistribute unaccompanied asylum seeker children across the country.'

Source: Daily Mail December 05, 2019 21:56 UTC