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The report published in February 2009 - Child Migrants with and without Parents:...
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A child carrying a banner sits on a man shoulder as thousands of protesters gathered at Trafalgar Square in London for a rally as part of the ‘Strangers into Citizens’ day of action calling for an estimated 450,000 long-term illegal immigrants in...
