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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

I shall just probe the Minister a little further about the juxtaposed controls. Here you have a situation that is unique, in that the children are in the custody of the UKBA. Certain powers have been granted to the UKBA by agreement of the French and Belgian authorities; they allow us to detain, to question, to search, and so on, those persons who come under the juxtaposed controls. That includes the children. If all those functions have been transferred from the state that has jurisdiction, why could they not transfer also the obligations to safeguard welfare of the children?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c821 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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