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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hylton (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 4 March 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL].

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

In the previous group of amendments, perhaps I should have mentioned that when children are trafficked for the purposes of benefit fraud, often they may be disguised as children travelling in the care of a relative. That is another instance where great vigilance is needed. Amendment 117B in this group is important. Members of the Committee, as well as the Government, will be aware of cases, usually in the London area, where young people have been imported, mainly from Vietnam, as forced and exploited labour for cannabis-growing houses or plastic domes. I hope, but do not know, that the police have this form of crime more or less under control. If they have not, the amendment could be helpful in dealing with it.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c825 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Data protection Databases Biometrics Crime prevention Courts Asylum Detainees Armed forces Deportation British nationality Crown dependencies British overseas territories Borders Fraud Finance Fingerprints Education Human rights Eligibility Immigration controls Immigration Genetics Human trafficking Hong Kong Foreign nationals Entry clearances Isle of Man Judicial review Immigration officers Local government Offenders Personal records Northern Ireland Protection Public consultation Missing persons Medicine Overseas students Migrant workers Scotland Social security benefits Registration Standards Terrorism Tribunals Republic of Ireland Refugees Tourism Travel requirements UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Diego Garcia Chagossians Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Dual nationality Resettlement UK Border Agency Common travel area British overseas citizenship
Legislation
British Nationality Act 1981
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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