UK is about to launch a new scheme ‘The Pilot’ for the families with children who have been ordered by the UK government to leave the country owing to their status as an illegal immigrant. Under the scheme, these families would be given two weeks to leave the country at their own will. But if fail to do so, they will be deported from the nation within few weeks only. Giving those two weeks to leave the country is like giving them the ultimatum during which they have to cross the country’s border on their own.

This scheme ‘the pilot’ has been started by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in July. And it is also running in other parts of the UK mainly in northwest of England. The scheme is adopted to avoid detaining children so that they do not have to face with various problems in immigration removal centers.

The partnership between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats has decided to stop the detention of children for their betterment. Detaining the children in illegal immigration is not a very humane behavior and this scheme would help in stopping that.

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister told to MPs that it is not morally very ethical to detain the children and give them hard time for no fault of theirs. Around thousand children were locked up by the previous Labor government who were innocent and did not deserve any punishment. There have been reports that children locked up in immigration removal centers were denied necessary medical treatment and under went physical abuse as well.