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| Diane Taylor conveniently ignores what really matters (Still locking up children, 24 October). Children of asylum seekers used to be in detention centres, sometimes for many months. They had bad facilities, and care and understanding for their plight was not there. Now, when it is decided that a family be returned to their country of origin, families with children go to the Cedars asylum centre before departure. The facilities there are of a very good standard, and the Barnardo's staff are there to give the care and attention needed for those children at this very traumatic time for them. I know, because I have been there myself, and met the workers from Barnardo's. Also, this is reflected in the HM Inspectorate of Prisons report. | Diane Taylor conveniently ignores what really matters (Still locking up children, 24 October). Children of asylum seekers used to be in detention centres, sometimes for many months. They had bad facilities, and care and understanding for their plight was not there. Now, when it is decided that a family be returned to their country of origin, families with children go to the Cedars asylum centre before departure. The facilities there are of a very good standard, and the Barnardo's staff are there to give the care and attention needed for those children at this very traumatic time for them. I know, because I have been there myself, and met the workers from Barnardo's. Also, this is reflected in the HM Inspectorate of Prisons report. |
| Nobody is saying that everything is perfect, and there will be an independent monitoring panel to ensure that issues are properly looked into. But the dramatic change for the children affected is one worth having. Suzanne Fletcher Stockton on Tees | Nobody is saying that everything is perfect, and there will be an independent monitoring panel to ensure that issues are properly looked into. But the dramatic change for the children affected is one worth having. Suzanne Fletcher Stockton on Tees |
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