The UK's four children's commissioners are poised to issue their first joint call for action, which will champion the rights of young asylum seekers. The statement is currently in draft form and will be released once all the commissioners have agreed on its wording. The joint action will be led by Kathleen Marshall, Scotland's commissioner for children and young people. She said the first letter she wrote following her appointment to the commissioner's role in April 2004 was to the Home Office, requesting a visit to the Dungavel House Detention and Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire. "We are working...


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