Independent report

An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) March - May 2022

This inspection examined the use of hotels to accommodate unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, with particular reference to the Home Office’s duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are in the United Kingdom.

• From: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
• Published: 19 October 2022

Documents

An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) March - May 2022

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Details

This inspection was not included in the Chief Inspector’s original 2021–2022 Inspection Plan but is a response to concerns raised with the inspectorate by stakeholders, and from the inspectorate’s own intelligence-gathering activities.

The inspection ran between March and May 2022 and included site visits to all four hotels on the south coast in use by the Home Office at that time.

The report makes 4 recommendations.

Published 19 October 2022