Agenda item - Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Briefing

Update to be provided by the Executive Director Families, Children and Learning.

38.1    The Head of Safeguarding & Performance presented a briefing         regarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the city.

38.2    Both Cllr O’Quinn and Cllr Meadows raised questions regarding the           missing children and highlighted concerns regarding trafficking and    organised crime.

38.3    Cllr O’Quinn queried the number of unaccompanied children in the          Council’s care and   the figures for those placed in foster care          placements and children’s home.

38.4    Cllr Sankey raised questions relating to the Hove hotel contractor, a comparison of the number of missing children in relation to other local         authorities, the Council’s position on corporate parental responsibility, and the Home Office’s legal authority to transfer children to the city.

38.5    Cllr Hamilton queried the cost of looking after unaccompanied children.

38.6    RESOLVED: The Committee agreed to note the briefing.