Black and white children more likely to be in care than Asian children

Black children are nearly four times more likely to be in care than Asian children, while white children are nearly three times more likely, research has found.

A study by the Child Welfare Inequalities Project, which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and involved researchers at seven universities, looked at 8,000 children in care in England, across a representative sample of 18 local authorities.

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