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===Cedars controversy===
In 2011, Barnardo's was criticised for its work in [[Cedars (immigration detention)|Cedars]], the name chosen by [[UK Immigration Enforcement]] for what it describes as "pre-departure accommodation" ([[immigration detention|detention]] facility) near Gatwick Airport used to hold families with children pending deportation. Barnardo's provides "welfare and social care facilities" at the detention centre, which is managed on behalf of [[UK Visas and Immigration]] by private security company [[G4S]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/organisation/pre-departure-accommodation/ |title=Pre-departure accommodation – Cedars |publisher=UK Border Agency homepage |access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> Barnardo's has been criticised by Frances Webber of the [[Institute of Race Relations (United Kingdom)|Institute of Race Relations]] for "legitimising child detention".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.irr.org.uk/news/does-barnardos-legitimise-child-detention/ | location=London | publisher=Institute of Race Relations | first=Frances | last=Webber | title=Does Barnardo's legitimise child detention? | date=17 March 2011}}</ref>

Anarchist extremists opposed to the detention of children, such as members of the [[No Border network]], have mounted a campaign against the charity's involvement in Cedars.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-02 |title=British activists are 'dangerous and don't care about refugees' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/calais-jungle-uk-activists-dangerous-and-don-t-care-about-refugees-says-official-responsible-for-clearing-camp-a6905871.html |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://london.noborders.org.uk/barnardos/timeline |title=Barnardo's campaign timeline |publisher=London No Borders |access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> This included actions such as occupying Barnardo's London head office in February 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://london.noborders.org.uk/node/583 |title=Video of Barnardo's Protest |publisher=London No Borders |access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> and disrupting the "Barnardo's Young Supporters" choir concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/04/495335.html |title=Activists disrupt Barnardo's fundraiser over child detention |publisher=UK Indymedia |access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>

In response to criticism, Anne Marie Carrie, then Chief Executive of Barnardo's, stated that the decision to provide welfare and social care services at Cedars is in the children's best interests,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/11/barnardos-chief-social-care-asylum-seekers |title=Barnardo's chief: in the best interests of the children |work=The Guardian |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref> outlining Barnardo's "red lines" and the action it will take if the welfare and dignity of any asylum seeking families and children is at risk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/media_centre/press_releases.htm?ref=70802 |title=Barnardo's sets out red lines for involvement in Pre-Departure Accommodation |date=7 July 2011 |access-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927010843/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/media_centre/press_releases.htm?ref=70802 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/media_centre/Barnardo8217s-stands-by-red-lines-on-family-returns/press_releases.htm?ref=83024&&topic=2&pageno=3 |title=Barnardo's stands by red lines on family returns |date=19 September 2012 |access-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927010712/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/media_centre/Barnardo8217s-stands-by-red-lines-on-family-returns/press_releases.htm?ref=83024&&topic=2&pageno=3 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/media_centre/In-response-to-the-report-by-Her-Majesty8217s-Chief-Inspector-of-Prisons-report-on-Cedars-pre-departure-accommodation/press_releases.htm?ref=82873&topic=11&year= |title=Barnardo's response to the report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons report on Cedars pre-departure accommodation |date=23 October 2012 |access-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212216/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/media_centre/In-response-to-the-report-by-Her-Majesty8217s-Chief-Inspector-of-Prisons-report-on-Cedars-pre-departure-accommodation/press_releases.htm?ref=82873&topic=11&year= |archive-date=3 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>