Kent County Council is set to take the Home Office to court in a bid to recover millions of pounds it is spending looking after young asylum seekers who should no longer be in the UK.
The prospect of legal action in the High Court comes amid concerns the county council is out of pocket when it comes to looking after those who have been told to leave after unsuccessfully appealing to stay in the country.
It comes a day after we reported how an Afghan teenager who fears he will be killed if deported won an 11-hour reprieve.
Social services support about 117 young adults who are over the age of 18 and have been classified as having exhausted all rights to remain in the country.
Kent County Council prepares to take Home Office to High Court over cost of young asylum seekers
Kent County Council is set to take the Home Office to court in a bid to recover millions of pounds it is spending looking after young as...