Asylum children to face returns

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4248029.stm


Asylum children to face returns
By Dominic Casciani
BBC News Community affairs


The UK government is planning to return asylum seeker children without parents to Albania.
The trial scheme, which could start in weeks, may be extended to apply to children from other countries.

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Laura Brownlees of Save the Children said there were grave concerns, not least because of the well-documented trafficking of children into crime and prostitution in Albania.

From what is so far known, we strongly oppose the scheme because the welfare and best interests of the child will not properly be taken into account

"If children are going to be returned then there should be proper assessments and decisions on a case by case basis," she said.

"We do not think there are structures in place .

'If these decisions are not in the best interests of the child, then that is a forced removal because the child will not have any choice in the final decision."

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[libodem]

1. If they were fetuses it might matter

Somehow born children don't need to have rights or protection.