UK minister admits 200 asylum-seeking children have gone missing

Simon Murray says one girl and at least 13 under-16s among those missing after being placed in hostels run by Home Office

Two hundred asylum-seeking children who were placed in hostels run by the Home Office have gone missing, a minister has admitted.

They include one girl and at least 13 children under the age of 16, the Home Office minister Simon Murray told the House of Lords on Monday.