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Kate Smith Talks about Asylum and Migration (1 of 2)

Caption: Kate Smith, a researcher at the University of Huddersfield, was invited to speak an important event at the United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child in Switzerland, where she made the case for global policy changes so that children subject to immigration processes are never locked up by immigration officials. Kate prepared an eight-page submission for the UN's Committee focusing on the rights of the child in respect of immigration detention in the United Kingdom.

Credit: University of Huddersfield

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