40名从英国庇护酒店失踪的儿童仍未找到

英国议会人权联合委员会发布报告指出，此前从安置寻求庇护者的酒店中失踪的440多名无人陪伴儿童中，目前仍有40人下落不明。1 委员会已要求内政部详细说明寻找这些儿童的具体行动，并每三个月汇报一次进展。1 Helen Waite向委员会透露，总共有472名儿童失踪，此后已有432人被找到。1 Angela Eagle表示，部分被找到的儿童“处于被剥削的环境中，可能遭到贩卖或成为其他形式剥削的受害者”。1

2023年，英国高等法院曾裁定内政部常规使用酒店安置无人陪伴的寻求庇护儿童属于违法行为。1 此外，平等与人权委员会对英国政府在维护寻求庇护者权利方面的表现给出了最低评级，批评其在社会保障和防止贫困方面存在缺失。1 在安置设施方面，本月已有13家庇护酒店关闭，预计将为纳税人节省5100万英镑。1 目前，英国庇护酒店总数已降至160家以下，低于保守党执政时期约400家的峰值。1

Forty children who went missing from UK asylum hotels are still not found 1. In 2023, more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels 1. Helen Waite told the committee that 472 children had gone missing in total and 432 had since been located 1. The committee called on the Home Office to explain its specific actions to find these children and provide an update every three months 1. The High Court ruled in 2023 that the Home Office's routine use of hotels to house lone child asylum seekers was unlawful 1.

Angela Eagle said some of those found were "located in exploitative situations and may have been trafficked or victims of other forms of exploitation" 1. The Equality and Human Rights Commission gave the UK government its lowest ranking for failing to uphold asylum seekers' rights 1. Thirteen hotels housing asylum seekers had closed this month 1. The most recent closures are expected to save taxpayers £51m 1. The total number of asylum hotels is below 160, down from a peak of about 400 under the Conservatives 1.