Research has revealed that over 70 children from diverse conflict zones have been detained in the UK to be deported to France as part of the government’s “one in, one out” initiative.
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Under the plan, migrants arriving by small boats can be sent back to France, in exchange for another individual being brought to the UK through legal routes.
Information gathered by the Humans for Rights Network since the inception of the removal scheme last September has discovered 76 children whose ages are uncertain and who have been detained.
However, it is unlawful to detain unaccompanied child asylum seekers in adult detention centres.
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A representative of Human for Rights Network, Maddie Harris stated: “Many of these children are survivors of torture and trafficking and are experiencing acute declines in their mental health as a result of what is often months of detention in the UK.”
They said detained children are being denied proper care and support, adding: “These children are additionally prejudiced from accessing the care and support they are entitled to as children as well as adequate, social worker-led local authority age assessments.”
Human for Rights Network warned that: “No child should be detained, with those who remain in detention immediately released to allow them to recover and to ensure they are able to access age assessments conducted in the community where required.”
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