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Why Assess?

The Critical Blog

I wouldn’t, however, go as far as Norfolk County Council ( 2018 ) who removed the written referral altogether – this step had the right objective in mind, but I would still expect any professional to be willing to put a serious concern in writing, and would be wary of any who refused. WHAT’S IT FOR?

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‘They just vanish’: whistleblowers met by wall of complacency over missing migrant children

The Guardian

As scores of youngsters are disappearing from hotels run by the Home Office and being trafficked across the country, sources claims warnings over their safety were ignored On the first day of April, 17-year-old Wassim Hamam* disappeared near the bustling centre of Hove. He was never seen again.

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The car drew up. The children got in: UK child asylum-seekers’ narrow escape from kidnap

The Guardian

Alleged traffickers abducted three children from outside a Home Office-run hotel in Brighton last May. They were lucky to evade capture – many don’t • Read more: the government should hang its head in shame The apparent audacity of the abduction appears to have been its undoing.