Lord Dholakia
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Immigration: Detention of Children
Lord Dholakia Excerpts(13 years, 7 months ago)
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Baroness Neville-Jones
The emphasis of our policy is obviously on keeping families together. I trust that we will not be in a situation in which children are detained for any length of period at all; but certainly if they were, education would be a very important factor.
Lord Dholakia
My Lords, has the Minister taken a view on whether families should be deported to countries such as Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan and Zimbabwe, and particularly on the impact, which could be considerable on those being deported, of sending families with children back to those countries?
Baroness Neville-Jones
My Lords, if there are security factors in place, those of course introduce elements which are not necessarily present in all other cases.