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Kent leader warns of migrant crossing 'crisis'

The council's leader has asked the home secretary to make it mandatory for authorities to provide support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).

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By Martin Ford | 26 May 2020

The leader of Kent CC, Cllr Roger Gough, has asked Home Secretary Priti Patel to make it mandatory for authorities to provide support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).

He has also appealed for increased funding for care leavers as he warned Kent's children's services ‘have run out of road'.

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