CHILD refugees are being left stranded without support at Britain’s main point of entry as the situation reaches “breaking point,” officials revealed yesterday.

The number of unaccompanied children requesting asylum grew by more than half in the last five months, from 630 in August to 980 this week, said Kent County Council.

Nearly 200 of the mostly 16 and 17-year-old boys in the care of the council are currently without a social worker and awaiting a full assessment.