Child soldiers ‘jailed’ for going AWOL despite MoD policy
Channel 4 News
Campaigners are lobbying the Government to either raise the minimum age of recruitment from 16 to 18 or to make absolute the right of a young recruit to leave training. Several groups told Channel 4 News that the incarceration of minors in a de facto military prison is “immoral”, flouts UN convention and contradicts MoD policy.