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Jul 17 6 tweets 1 min read
New report launched today by @ucl and ECPAT UK found that placing unaccompanied children in Home Office hotels, as occurred between July 2021 and January 2024, increased their risks of trafficking and exploitation.

Read the full report ➡️ tinyurl.com/48r8jexp @ucl These hotels were described by children as feeling like a “jail”, with some children left in them for several months despite the Home Office commitment to only use them for emergency purposes and never for longer than two weeks.