Following an announcement in May that child detention in immigration cases will be ended, the government launched a "wide-ranging review" of how the change will be implemented, with immigration minister Damian Green stating that plans would be set out "in the coming months".
A briefing document seen by CYP Now reveals that as part of the review, which began on 1 June, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) is undertaking two pilots looking at alternative ways of removing families from the country without using detention.
A pilot in the north west of England involves families being given two weeks to leave the country voluntarily once the appeals process has been exhausted.
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