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London teen homeless refuge closes

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The UK's biggest hostel for runaways, the London Refuge, closes its doors to new arrivals tonight.

Brian Smith, the director of St Christopher's Fellowship which runs the refuge, discusses how the shortage of emergency accommodation for the UK's child runaways has reached crisis point.

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