Schoolchildren were invited by the Young People's Parliament to hold a debate on the motion:
'People whose application for asylum have failed are not refugees. They should return to their home countries and if they refuse to go they should be forced to leave the UK through deportation'.
The young people were invited from a number of different schools in Birmingham to attend the Young People's Parliment and take part in the above debate. The young people heard evidence from a range of speakers and then debated. The students were also encouraged to think about appropriate actions they could take through school or within their communities.
