The court granted leave to a local authority to withdraw care proceedings as medical evidence that the young person concerned was 17 years old and not 13 years old was wholly convincing.
A BOROUGH COUNCIL v (1) X (2) V (2006)
Doctors can help people in detention in several ways.
Much of this can be done by phone and fax.
Published May 2005
Challenging the detention of asylum seekers and migrants with health needs. Based on the findings of a report by Médecins Sans Frontières.
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