In May 2010, the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government announced that it would end the detention of children for immigration purposes. Since then, some significant steps have been taken to cease this practice, such as the closure of the family unit of Yarl's Wood. However, a new process for returning families has caused concern that children will continue to be detained prior to their removal from the UK.
Any detention of children for immigration purposes is a cause for concern. According to the recent report Administrative Detention of Children: A Global Report, produced by the Children's Legal Centre in partnership with Unicef, administrative detention of children, including those children detained for immigration purposes, can result in violations of children's rights, including the right not to be arbitrarily deprived of liberty.
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