Children Wrongly Detained: UK-France Asylum Deal Exposed

Nearly 100 children were wrongly identified and detained as adults under Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's "one in, one out" deal with France, the Guardian can disclose. Of 304 age-disputed cases arising from the scheme over nine months, 94 (31%) were ultimately found to be minors — a staggering failure rate that prompted a critical letter from the Independent Monitoring Boards to Home Office minister Anna Turley. Government policy limits detention of...