Trump Administration Moves to End Settlement that Protects Immigrant Children; Flores Counsel Vow to Defend Vital Safeguards

May 22, 2025 – Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody, many of whom arrive seeking refuge and protection. The motion recycles many of the arguments that have been brought forward by the federal government — and rejected by courts — multiple times. 

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School pupils send drawings to mural removal asylum centre

Pupils said they felt sad after a government minister ordered cartoon murals to be painted over.

BBC News
Child refugees detained by UK at risk of ‘PTSD, depression and suicidal behaviour’, health bodies warn

Health bodies warn child detention can see young people suffer a ‘significant deterioration in their mental and physical health’

The Independent
Two sides of one coin: UK slammed for child migrant and military child recruitment policies

The UN says the UK is failing on child rights by recruiting them into the military and mistreating child refugees - but there's more here

Canary
Children handcuffed and subjected to rub-down searches at Border Force detention sites

Prisons inspector condemned use of restraints of children as ‘unacceptable’

The Independent

Suella Braverman’s ‘stop the boats’ plan would bar 45,000 children from UK

Refugee Council’s claims on impact of her bill come as the home secretary, on a visit to Rwanda, faces pressure from her own party

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/19/suella-bravermans-stop-the-boats-plan-would-bar-45000-children-from-uk

#ChildMigrants #children #childrensrights #fascism

Suella Braverman’s ‘stop the boats’ plan would bar 45,000 children from UK

Refugee Council’s claims on impact of her bill come as the home secretary, on a visit to Rwanda, faces pressure from her own party

The Guardian

‘I couldn’t love her’: the last UK child migrants to Australia on the long, lonely search for their mothers
Seven thousand British children were sent to Australia last century, told they were orphans or unwanted. It wasn’t true. Now facing old age, 1,400 are still searching for their families

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/13/i-couldnt-love-her-the-last-uk-child-migrants-to-australia-on-the-long-lonely-search-for-their-mothers

#ChildMigrants #childrensrights #UK #Australia

‘I couldn’t love her’: the last UK child migrants to Australia on the long, lonely search for their mothers

Seven thousand British children were sent to Australia last century, told they were orphans or unwanted. It wasn’t true. Now facing old age, 1,400 are still searching for their families

The Guardian