Lab Activity(Group 3)

I am going to reply to the question "Isn’t Little Bee pretty young when she comes to the UK? Isn’t she legally a child? Doesn’t that complicate things from a human rights perspective? How so? Investigate the human rights of the child." It is important to know that if Little Bee is legal since she could be supposed to live in the UK like everybody else. It is also important to know that if the UK is doing the right thing(detaining Little Bee) since they might have violated human rights.
Little was 14 year-old(according to what she says). however, she does not have an ID, which means she does not have a official name, D.O.B. If you argue that Little Bee is too young and it's the reason why she is detained(she can't take care of herself without supervised), the information below explains why Little Bee should not be seen 14 year-old.

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Up+to+a+third+of+%E2%80%9Cunderage%E2%80%9D+asylum+seekers+prove+to+be+older/1135245704793
According to the source, it says underage immigrant(who generally do not have IDs) can prove or claim to be older than their age by doing determination tests. In the novel, Little Bee is smart, dependent, can speak English and she is likely to be able to claim to be older than 18 year-old or even older. Moreover, the UK can not simply determine Little Bee's age without looking at any proofs even if she claims to be what age she is. Therefore, in my opinion, doing determine tests is the best way to determine one's age.

"http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/asylum_and_immigration"
This is another source I found from a organisation in London. This source is important because it tells us that detaining asylum seekers(even underage) is not the UK generally does. "Generally, children under age 16 are placed in foster care". In other words, even though children are underage(like Little Bee), they should be taken care by a foster parent or two instead of being detained like a criminal.  Also, the website implies that what the detention centre in the novel does is illegal. According to the website, "We have a duty to look after these UASC under the Children Act 1989 (Sections 17, 20, 23, and 24) and the Leaving Care Act 2000. We support the young people to engage in learning, training, and employment." In other words, asylum seeking children should be protected by law and not be detained. Little should have been provided chances to learn, train and even be employed instead of doing nothing in the dark room.

Asylum seeker who receives good care from the organisation in London Borough of Hounslow.

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