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  It is almost true that no country has sex work or child soldiers in their laws, although many have 'traditions' or 'religious customs' that allow such things. The reality is that such a fate awaits far too many in the world. Modern day people often sit in front of Holocaust documentaries wondering why German Jews did not get out when the Nazi's took power and yet many of those that tried found borders closed to them because it was an 'internal problem'.
  
  Maybe we should get the 'other' countries to sort out their problems to make it safe for people to stay there. Do we know how well that works? Why don't we just close our borders, round up those immigrant children and put them in secure hostels (or camps) ready for deportation? Could we just ship them all back where they came from, maybe in exchange for a nice trading agreement? Why not set up workshops where they can earn their keep, cheaper than educating them? Do we want to become as bad as the countries they are being sent away from for their safety?
  
  Immigrant children are a very small percentage of the benefit claimants in this country and yet they are vilified while our own are glorified (from 'Bread' to 'Shameless' for example). Can we afford to take care of desperate, abandoned children? Can we afford not to and still think of ourselves as civilised ?

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