英国内政部在执行与法国的移民协议时存在严重漏洞，近100名儿童被错误地按成人处理予以拘留。[1]在9个月内304起年龄争议案件中，94名儿童（占31%）最终被确认为未成年人。[1]这些儿童的拘留与政策规定相悖——该政策明确规定应将儿童排除在该计划外，仅在"特殊情况"下才可拘留不超过28天。[1]
部分被误拘儿童被拘留超过6个月。[1]一些儿童在患有结核病或需要医院治疗的情况下仍被准备遣返法国，[1]还有儿童在与一起旅行的家庭成员分离后面临被遣返的处境。[1]
Britain's Home Office has detained close to 100 children as adults while implementing a migration agreement with France, according to newly disclosed figures. [1] Among 304 cases involving age disputes over a nine-month period, 94 individuals—representing 31 percent—were ultimately confirmed to be minors. [1] These children were held in violation of policy requirements that should have exempted them from the detention scheme. [1]
The detention periods extended far beyond official guidelines, with some children held for more than six months despite policies limiting detention to no more than 28 days except in exceptional circumstances. [1] The situation was compounded by the separation of children from accompanying family members and their continued processing for return to France, even when they suffered from tuberculosis or required hospital treatment. [1]