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Holyrood urged to use devolved powers to protect child refugees from Illegal Migration Bill
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SCOTTISH ministers were urged today to challenge the widely condemned Illegal Migration Bill to prevent creating a two-tier system for protecting trafficking survivors and unaccompanied child refugees.

A legal opinion by Kay Springham KC, carried out on behalf of human rights organisations, has concluded the government’s proposed crackdown on refugees entering Britain illegally, would infringe on devolved legislation.

She said it would interfere with Scottish ministers’ ability to support victims by cutting across adult and child protection frameworks.

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