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Dozens of children are seeking a judicial review in the UK High Court early next year.
This article in the Guardian reports that French children’s services are struggling to cope with a dramatic surge in unaccompanied refugee children who have abandoned plans to travel to the UK and now want to remain in France.
In the past three months, staff employed by the main French charity working with refugee children in Calais have had to turn away between 15 and 35 unaccompanied refugee children every day because they have no beds for them in the emergency shelter. According to the director of the charity running the child refugee centre, since July around 95% of the…
The UK Government announced that it would take in refugee children who have become separated from their families in Syria and other conflicts. No figure has been specified, but the UK government will work with the United Nations to identify "exceptional cases." The plan will apply only to children still living in conflict zones and not those who have already reached Europe.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire noted that most children are better off remaining in the region. He stated, "The vast majority are better off staying in the region so they can be reunited with surviving family…