UK Immigration: Missing Asylum Children, Visa Fraud, and Hotel Closure Lawsuits

40 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children remain missing from Home Office hotels despite a £35.5 million investor visa scam being exposed this week — a stark reminder that the UK’s immigration system is still struggling to protect the most vulnerable while weeding out the most cynical.

Background

In 2023, the High Court ruled the government’s routine use of hotels to house lone child asylum seekers unlawful. Yet a parliamentary report out Thursday reveals **40 children from...