First they were captives of a conflict in which their freedom and security was thwarted at every turn. Now huge numbers of the Tamil population of Sri Lanka find themselves trapped again, unseen for the most part and wholly unprotected.
A new code of practice governing the treatment of children in the UK's immigration system has been described by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (now Freedom from Torture) as an important step towards holding Government agencies and contractors to account.
