Variety of shelters on the lookout for kids on small boats

A document variety of loans on small boats has arrived and has gone to the care of Kent County Council (KCC) on the identical day, the BBC has realized.

According to the council, KCC on Wednesday acquired 70 new unconnected shelters (UAS) kids to KCC on Wednesday.

Another alone 48 kids arrived on the small boats from France on Thursday, the council says.

However, it follows the whole variety of arrival arrival in the course of the first six months of this 12 months in comparison with the identical interval in 2024, which the council says that adversarial climate situations might be attributed to extra correct age evaluation.

The figures seen by the BBC South East present that 705 kids arrived within the care of KCC between January and June.

It compares with 1,165 arrival throughout the identical time interval in 2024.

A spokesperson of the council stated: “It is not clear why the arrival number has upsurized in this way, but the boundary force teams at the border had a combination of weather and improvement in the accuracy of early age assessment, to refer to UAS children in KCC care, it had an impact.

“In the primary two winter months of 2025, the climate was fairly unhealthy in comparison with the earlier 12 months and the KCC then noticed a low new arrival.”

The council has warned that a sudden increase this week, if it continues, the new referral may increase overall by the end of the year.

“Given the present document charges of arrival, it’s potential that the council can ultimately get extra UAS kids this 12 months than 2024,” stated the KCC spokesman.

About 20,000 people In the first half of this year, Britain arrived at small boats – 48%in the first six months of 2024.

The latest figures suggest that the most smallest boat arrival in the first six months of the year in 2025 has been seen as the data was first collected in 2018.

The situation in the English Channel was “deteriorating” last month after Downing Street, when French President Emmanuel Macron would be an important point of dealing with small boat crossings to visit French President Emmanuel Macron in the coming days.

French officials are considering allowing police or coast guard officers to intervene in shallow water to try to stop the so -called taxi boats that raise migrants from the beaches.

An organization that supports migrants in Northern France has told the BBC South East that it is more lonely looking at the children who are looking for children who reach Dunkark.

According to the Utopia 56 coordinator Celestin Picod, “We have seen a higher variety of minors than this 12 months.”

He stated, “However, his profile has modified, nationalities have modified. Now we’re extra younger irritance, Somalis and Sudani and only a few Afghans or Kurdish kids.”

KCC is responsible for the responsibility of taking care of children when they reach small boats in the dover, and as a result of the National Transfer Scheme, many children are transferred to the care of other local councils across England.

Kent has been taking care of the highest number for many years.

In the last two years, the government has given funding to KCC to set up five new reception centers.

But in March, the former council conservative leader called ministers to make Further commitments Working with councils to build capacity in county.

Earlier this year, the Association of Directors of Children Services said the increasing number of gateway officers, such as Kent, had created unprecedented demand on their services and required more support to local authorities.

The residence workplace has been contacted for a remark.