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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Appeal to minister over detention

Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy faced fresh calls to stop children being held at Dungavel detention centre.

Nationalists say it is a year since Mr Murphy committed to ending the practice when he announced a pilot scheme offering an alternative to the detention of children of failed asylum seekers at the centre.

But SNP Scotland Office spokesman Angus MacNeil said that Florence Mhango, 32, and her 10-year-old son Tionge, originally from Malawi are being held at Dungavel after a raid at their Glasgow home this week.

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