Use of restraint of children in the asylum system removal process
Tabled 20 April 2026 by Rachael Maskell
That this House notes that Government are consulting on the use of physical restraint techniques to be applied to children during the removal process in the asylum system, including the handcuffing, carrying and physically handling of a child, which is well recognised as inducing psychological trauma to a child; therefore calls on the Government to immediately withdraw such considerations, instead providing a safeguarding approach to children in the asylum system, treating them with dignity and care and engaging with their distressed forms of communication, including refusal to comply with officers in the system; and condemns such considerations of promoting the use of physical restraint to children.
Signatories (27)
- Rachael Maskell Sponsor
- Emma Lewell
- Olivia Blake
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy
- Mary Kelly Foy
- Nadia Whittome
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Neil Duncan-Jordan
- Kim Johnson
- Iqbal Mohamed
- Apsana Begum
- Ian Byrne
- Andy McDonald
- Richard Burgon
- Imran Hussain
- Ayoub Khan
- Ian Lavery
- Tom Gordon
- Hannah Spencer
- Dr Ellie Chowns
- Carla Denyer
- Siân Berry
- Adrian Ramsay
- Clive Lewis
- Andrew George
- Seamus Logan
- Peter Lamb