"We have been supporting the cause of refugees and asylum seekers right from the very start. We remain convinced it is exactly the sort of thing Princess Diana would have been involved in had she lived," 'The Daily Telegraph' reported in London, quoting the fund's campaign manager Paul Hensby.
In fact, the British charity mulls to spend the money over the next five years to help fund organisations that support the plight of young asylum seekers in particular and will lobby for the rights of those under the age of 25 before it is wound up around 2012.
The charity -- led by Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Diana's sister, and which received over 20 million pounds in donations from the public in the immediate aftermath of the Princess' death in a car crash in Paris in 1997 -- will also demand an end to the government's policy of imprisoning child deportees.
"The government hasn't fronted up to the plight of children in these circumstances," Sir Roger Singleton, the fund's chairman, was quoted as saying. Latest Home Office figures show 60 children are currently are under detention under powers granted by the Immigration Act.
It may be mentioned that the charity had recently announced a 1.5 million pounds initiative with the Prison Reform Trust to reduce child and youth imprisonment in the UK.
The organisation will also finance legal advice to young imprisoned asylum seekers who're on the verge of deportation.
Though Prince William and Prince Harry are not involved in the fund, their spokesman told the daily that they "support, as their mother did, the vulnerable and marginalised young people in society". - DDNEWS
