200 children are missing in Britain. Where is the Christian outrage?
By 
Tim Farron MP2023-01-31T12:50:00
As the scandal of child asylum seekers disappearing from UK hotels continues to unfold, Tim Farron says Jesus doesn’t care where the missing children are from. He’s more bothered that we don’t seem to care
If 200 school children in the UK went missing – a whole year group, suddenly vanishing into a dangerous world, their whereabouts completely unknown – how would we react?
Last week, news broke that 200 children are indeed missing in the UK. These asylum-seeking children have disappeared from hotels managed by the home office. 88 per cent of them are Albanian nationals. 187 are 16-18 years old. 13 are younger than 16.
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