Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris Mullin (Labour), on Monday, 12 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 94 members in total.

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DETENTION OF CHILDREN

That this House notes with concern that around 2,000 children are detained each year in immigration detention centres, some for periods of several months; notes the opinion of Save the Children and the Children's Commissioner that this is unjustified and damaging; notes that families with children are among the least likely to abscond; further notes that some EU and Commonwealth countries have successfully introduced solutions other than secure detention for families who have exhausted their asylum claims; and urgently calls on the Government to end the practice of holding children in immigration detention centres.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1982 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lynne Jones

Fabian Hamilton

John Battle

Baroness Teather

Subjects

Immigration

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk