Council to be questioned after placing Christian girl with Muslim foster carers

Children’s commissioner to investigate decision by Tower Hamlets, as campaigner hits out at ‘demonisation of the foreigner’

The children’s rights watchdog is to investigate reports that a five-year-old Christian girl was left distressed after being placed in foster care in two Muslim households in east London.

The office of the children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, confirmed it would be contacting Tower Hamlets council to find out why the decision was made. The child has reportedly been in the care of a Muslim family for the past six months.

The Times front page - appalling yet again http://pic.twitter.com/o1Q4bYeb85

Demonisation of the foreigner (especially the Muslim foreigner) is the clear undercurrent in this entire piece. It is appalling https://t.co/F61LQDSEGd

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2xtJHS7