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BBC NEWS | Politics | Peers urged to wreck Asylum Bill

BBC NEWS | Politics | Peers urged to wreck Asylum Bill: "Last Updated: Tuesday, 18 May, 2004, 01:41 GMT 02:41 UK

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Peers urged to wreck Asylum Bill


Charities are calling on peers to scupper government plans to end support for failed asylum families and potentially take children into care.
Campaigners say the plan will create legal chaos - and leave local councils footing the bill.
Ministers should also stop holding children within asylum detention centres, they say."