Minister Robert Jenrick says it is 'extremely concerning' that about 200 children have gone from hotels.
She urged the government to crack down on the gangs and end its contracts with hotels from where children had gone missing.She also expressed concern about the lack of clarity over whether the Home Office or local councils were legally responsible for the children.
He acknowledged there was "a challenge" about the status of the local authorities in this area but said the government's overall objective was to ensure young people were only kept in the hotels "for a very short period of time". He said the government had no power to detain unaccompanied asylum-seeking children but the police and local authority were "mobilised" to find missing children to ensure their safety.Caroline Lucas - a Green MP in Brighton where some of the children are thought to have gone missing - accused the Home Office of "staggering complacency and incompetence".
"When they managed to get the car to safety they released two child migrants and they arrested one of the members who was driving it - who was a gang leader who was there to coerce the children into crime."
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