UK immigration authorities separating children from parents

Scores of children – and possibly hundreds – are separated from a parent or carer in the UK every year

The British government is separating children from parents who have been taken into immigration detention – the practice that brought worldwide condemnation for the Trump administration.

Scores of children – and possibly hundreds – are separated from a parent or carer in the UK every year, according to a charity that challenges immigration detention.

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