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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Mahmood’s plans to detain and handcuff children during deportation are ‘abhorrent’, 150 charities warn Starmer

Shabana Mahmood’s plans to detain and handcuff children during family deportations are “abhorrent” and will cause “lasting damage”, nearly 150 children’s charities and organisations have warned.

In a joint letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Monday, fostering organisations, social care workers and refugee charities accused the government of a “sustained attack on children’s rights”.

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