Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris Mullin (Labour), on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 121 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; further notes the opinion of Save the Children and the Children's Commissioner that this is unjustified and damaging; further 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

139 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Glenda Jackson

Lynne Jones

Jeremy Corbyn

Andrew George

Subjects

Immigration

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk