‘I felt really lonely’: detention ordeal of young asylum seeker caught up in riot

Caseworker calls treatment of child ‘shocking’ after he kicked knee of rioter who was disparaging his religionAn unaccompanied asylum-seeking child was jailed for his involvement in last year’s riots, in a “shocking” case revealed by the children’s commissioner for England.The boy, who cannot be named, is living with a foster carer after being separated from his parents during their journey to Britain. Continue reading...

‘I felt really lonely’: detention ordeal of young asylum seeker caught up in riot

Caseworker calls treatment of child ‘shocking’ after he kicked knee of rioter who was disparaging his religion

An unaccompanied asylum-seeking child was jailed for his involvement in last year’s riots, in a “shocking” case revealed by the children’s commissioner for England.

The boy, who cannot be named, is living with a foster carer after being separated from his parents during their journey to Britain. Continue reading...