£2m paid out over child asylum seekers illegally detained as adults | UK news | The Guardian
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Un peu de justice tout de même. Que le gvt britannique mangent leurs dents
illegally detained as adults
Legal case involved 40 youngsters who were locked up in adult units under Home Office policy deemed to be unlawful
Diane Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Friday 17 February 2012
Child asylum seeker
One of the young recipients of compensation after being illegally held in adult immigration detention centres. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
The Home Office has paid compensation of more than £1m, plus £1m costs, in a case involving 40 child asylum seekers who were wrongly detained as adults, the Guardian can reveal.
It is thought to be the first case of its kind and the largest immigration detention payout for a single case.
Government officials accepted that the policy was unlawful and changed it as a result of this case. However, data passed to the Guardian shows that children are still being detained.
