Children and young people in the news
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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).
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Commissioner mention: Lone child migrants returned to France under secret deal (BBC News Online)
Border staff turned back lone, "vulnerable" children who failed to claim asylum when they arrived at UK ports, under a secret "Gentleman's Agreement" with France, it has emerged.
