Patel avoiding answering why the Home Office has failed in its legal responsibilities to ensure child protection by placing unaccompanied children, often without notifying local authorities ahead of time. @Stuart_McDonald doing a good job holding her to account.
We have seen adult and child asylum seekers placed in hotels, despite clear safety concerns as highlighted through multiple reports. Only last week it was revealed that rather than reducing use of hotels the @ukhomeoffice had placed separated children in another one in Brighton
This was done without the prior knowledge of the local authority and in contravention of the Home Secretary @pritipatel's responsibilities under section 55 of the Immigration act and section 20 of the Children's Act, placing these children at increased risk.
We need better sharing of responsibility among local authorities, with still a number of local authorities still taking no asylum seekers at all, but as it stands the Home Office is still placing people at risk and needs to change that.
It's no good saying that "hotels are better than war zones or living on the street" when the use of them is still placing people, including child trafficking survivors, in harms way. It's not a benchmark anyone should accept.
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