Dispersal | Refers to a forced resettlement of asylum seekers If a refugee decides not to move they then lose entitlement to benefits and accommodation | Yet one more forced relocation for children and moves children away from a school they might have settled in Can be moved to an area without important statutory and non-statutory services |
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Accommodation centres | New pilot policy to build three accommodation centres for up to 750 asylum seekers to live until their status is determined | Children for first six months to be educated on these sites and away from mainstream education |
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Reporting centres | Centres to be set up throughout the country, where refugees will have to report in person at regular intervals | Adds to the uncertainty of the refugee determination process and inability of families to settle, as each reporting time might imply sudden departure to an unknown destination |
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Detention centres | The government goal is to be able to detain up to 4000 asylum seekers. In 2001, four new detention centres were built, increasing the total in the UK to eight | Detention of children under the age of 16 is against British law; however, this is being increasingly ignored for asylum seeking children No statutory provision for those that are detained |
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Tighter immigration controls | Placing a fine on carriers Improving border controls, e.g. gamma scanners | Greater likelihood to turn to illegal and/or dangerous means to enter the country, and exposure to other forms of abuse by traffickers |