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The British armed forces: Why raising the recruitment age would benefit everyone
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A briefing (Child Soldiers International, 2019) making the case for setting 18 as the minimum age for recruitment.
Child Soldiers International ceased to operate in 2019 and their work on military recruitment of under-18s in the UK is now being undertake by the Child Rights International Network. See CRIN’s Military Enlistmen t work.
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