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<p>The Home Office does not currently publish data on unaccompanied migrant children’s
movements between local authorities in its quarterly statistics release.</p><p>The
published data on unaccompanied asylum seeking children can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to#unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to#unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children</a>.</p><p>There
are over 4,000 unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in local authority care
in the UK. The National Transfer Scheme was launched on 1 July 2016 and has been working
to ensure a fairer allocation of UASC across the UK. A significant number of local
authorities have participated in the scheme and enabled the transfer of children away
from local authorities with a disproportionate number of UASC in their care.</p>
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