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Recommendation 100

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Unaccompanied children in contingency accommodation highly vulnerable to trafficking and going missing.

Conclusion
Unaccompanied children living in contingency accommodation are particularly vulnerable to being trafficked, or re-trafficked. Between July 2021 and 19 October 2022, there were 391 episodes where children went missing from hotels. This is unacceptable.
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Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 22 February 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗