Сhildren stranded in Calais ‘Jungle’ camp thanks to British bureaucracy – Red Cross
‘The UK has been refusing to take in unaccompanied refugee minors stranded in France’s Calais ‘Jungle’ camp, preventing them from being reunited with families there, according to the British Red Cross. The camp is weeks away from demolition by French authorities.
In a report entitled “No Place for Children,” the British Red Cross has struck out at UK Home Office bureaucracy that is causing unaccompanied children to be stranded and in danger of losing all protection and shelter once the Jungle is finally dismantled.
There are currently some 1,000 unaccompanied children in the camp, with at least 178 of them eligible to go to the UK, thanks to existing family ties there, says the report.’
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