Politics · 3 hours ago
Highland Faces Fivefold Rise in Asylum Children
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Highland Council faces a sharp rise in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children after a Home Office formula change, rising from one child per allocation cycle to five. Officials warn the jump will strain housing and social work capacity in a sparsely populated area already caring for dozens of young people. The council says the algorithm fails to reflect local conditions and called the outlook extremely challenging now.
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