Robert Jenrick UK Migration Minister admitted on Tuesday that some 200 minors, mostly teenagers from albania Asylum seekers have disappeared from their homes.
occurs after the journal commit Guardian A worker in a hotel in a British home office In Brighton reported that some children had been abducted from the street outside the campus and put into cars.
Jenrick explained to British lawmakers that “several hundred” of the 4,600 minor asylum seekers expected to arrive in the country since 2021 have disappeared after evading authorities’ controls. the minister has indicated “extremely worrying” even though he specified that he did not see evidence that children were being abducted.
In this sense, it is assumed that this condition is “a challenge”At the same time they have qualified that local authorities are mobilizing to find the missing and guarantee their safety.
Accused of kidnapping a minor
according to information from Guardian, The hotel worker denounced that dozens of minor refugees had been abducted by criminal gangs. These facts appear to be replicated at other facilities in the south of England.
The source said the abduction of the minors took place in the middle of the road and they were forced into cars. “Kids are kidnapped in front of the building. They disappear and are never found again. Smugglers take them to the middle of the road.” the source explained.
Criticism of the British Government
Rishi Sunak’s government There has been criticism about this. On the one hand, the Labor Party’s internal spokesperson in opposition-, Yvette Cooperblamed the cabinet “for dereliction of duty”, Cooper has called for “stronger measures against gangs” and criticized that “a criminal network is involved” in removing children from shelters and that the British government “I had completely failed to stop them.”
For their part, the Greens, who requested the minister’s appearance before parliament following the publication of an inquiry that brought to light the situation of minors in the country, have condemned “amazing complacency and incompetence” indoors.
However, Conservative MPs Tim Lawton Has described the administration of “temporary” accommodation for asylum seekers as a “grey area” between ministerial portfolios and local authorities.
