Children and young people in the news
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Commissioner mention: Teachers' 'have sleepless nights' over child neglect (BBC News Online)
Teachers are having sleepless nights about whether to report suspected victims of child neglect, a report for a charity says.
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Commissioner mention: Child trafficking victims bounced back to France within hours of arrival in UK (The Guardian)
Trafficked children arriving alone at Dover were sent straight back to France under a secret "gentleman's agreement" that was in force since at least 1995, an investigation by the children's commissioner for England has revealed.
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Commissioner mention: UKBA ends French children practice (PA)
A "gentleman's agreement" that allowed vulnerable children who entered the UK alone to be sent back to France has been ended after investigations by the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC).
