Children in care being increasingly moved miles away from families, risking county lines exploitation, Children’s Commissioner warns

Children in care being increasingly moved miles away from families, risking county lines exploitation, Children’s Commissioner warns Children in care are being increasingly moved away from their family, putting them at greater risk of county lines exploitation, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, has published a report detailing how thousands of children in the care system are living many miles away from family and friends. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Pass the parcel: children posted around the care system Children’s Commissioner for England
• Thousands of children in care passed around the system like parcels and living miles away from family and friends Children’s Commissioner for England
• Thousands of children in care over 100 miles away from family The Guardian
• More than 2,000 children in care are being forced to live 100 miles from home The Independent