Toufique Hossain responds to Home Office rejecting claims of child asylum seekers (Guardian) (19 December 2016)

Toufique Hossain, the director of public law at Duncan Lewis solicitors, is representing a large number of asylum seeker children dispersed across France and said he and his team had received reports on Friday from more than 12 children they are representing, all of whom are at different centres.

“From the reports we have received it seems as if this is an organised operation between the Home Office and the French authorities. The children have been told verbally that their asylum claims have not succeeded, but they have not been given any reasons why in writing. This is absolutely shocking.”

Hossain added: “The children are very upset but we are telling them not to run away.”