Fears migrant children are being targeted by sexual predators

Report is calling for an inspection of residential care institutions by Hiqa to assess the risks to resident children. 

A new report highlighting how children in State care are being targeted by sexual predators needs to be advanced with research into the experience of migrants, according to one of the report’s authors.

Dr Mary Canning is one of three authors who compiled the Protecting Against Predators report published on Thursday by the Sexual Exploitation Research Project at University College Dublin.