put down roots

"Once in the UK, asylum seekers are able to exploit the fact that they have had children and put down roots in order to thwart removal, even if their claim has been legally refused," the document says.

After living elsewhere for years, many had put down roots in new towns.

The project pipeline is so long that some newcomers have put down roots.

Instead, the family put down roots in Padthaway in South Australia, where Clarke would spend the rest of his childhood alongside his three younger siblings: Jodie, Aaron, and Angie.

And that it can be difficult to put down roots, because of the need to do placements in different parts of the country.