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Kent asks Government to plug £6m asylum funding gap

Councillors at Kent CC have vowed to claw back a £6.1m shortfall from the Government to care for asylum-seeking children.

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By Martin Ford | 25 June 2019

Councillors at Kent CC have vowed to claw back a £6.1m shortfall from the Government to care for asylum-seeking children.

However, there is no sign of the council returning to the national transfer scheme for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC).

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