BBC News - Lone child migrants returned to France under secret deal - 0 views
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Emmanuel AURAY on 08 Feb 12Border staff turned back lone "vulnerable" children who failed to claim asylum when they arrived at UK ports, under a secret "Gentleman's Agreement" with France, it has emerged. England's children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson revealed that under the 1995 deal, lone children arriving without travel papers were deported.