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UK: Nearly 700 children detained in UK's south-east ports between May and August 2011

01 October 2011

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UK: Nearly 700 children detained in UK's south-east ports between May and August 2011 (link) The coalition government made ending immigration detention for children one of the key aspects of its programme for government in 2010, but the Children's Society estimates that more than 2,000 children could be detained each year at UK entry points. See also: Almost 700 children detained in three months (Children's Society website, link) UKBA accused of breaking pledge to end child detention (Guardian, link)

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