Kent SUES Home Office to move migrant children to other counties after hitting 'breaking point'

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Kent Council SUES Home Office in bid to move migrant children to other counties after hitting 'breaking point' - as Priti Patel blames Twitter, TikTok and Facebook for 'glamorising' Channel crossings

Priti Patel believes social media companies glamorise illegal Channel crossings

She has accused tech companies of using their services to advertise the trips

Criminal gangs also advertise services such as providing passports and visas

By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline and Glen Owen, Political Editor For The Mail On Suday

Published: 03:13 EDT, 6 June 2021 | Updated: 03:13 EDT, 6 June 2021

Priti Patel is facing legal action from a major Tory local authority that says it has been left at 'breaking point' by an influx of cross-channel migrant children.

Kent County Council could launch a judicial review early as this week to try to force the Home Secretary to disperse the youngsters across the UK after they arrive.

Kent bears the brunt of the majority of migrant arrivals in the UK from Europe and has a statutory duty to house them.

But it argues that its social services have been stretched to the point where it can no longer do this safely, wi ..

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