following lobbying by Safe Passage over 2,000 campaigners, 201 members of the House of Lords voted in favour of Lord Dubs’ amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill, against 181 who voted as ‘Not Content’.
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The UK is more than half way towards meeting its commitment to resettle 20,000 people through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, according the new figures revealed by the Home Office.
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I lost my brother-in-law, Masud, in Calais in December 2015. Masud was 15 years old. He had been living in the ‘Jungle’ for three months, and was hoping to join me and my wife– his older sister – in London. Instead, he died.
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We welcome the UK-France agreement, announced today, to speed-up family reunion for refugees in Calais with family in Britain.
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After waiting 15-months the first two boys are now safe in their new homes and able to get the support they need and deserve. We are expecting a few more vulnerable children to be transferred shortly.
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“riot police routinely use pepper spray on child and adult migrants while they are sleeping or in other circumstances in which they pose no threat; regularly spray or confiscate sleeping bags, blankets, and clothing; and sometimes use pepper spray on migrants’ food and water.”
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It is estimated that over 200 child refugees are living rough in Calais. Due to the lack of child protection laws in France, these children are living on the streets or in the woods, without a tent.
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