Census reveals Jungle camp’s unaccompanied children numbers rise 32% in month
The number of unaccompanied children at the Calais camp known as the Jungle has risen by 32% in one month, according to a new census. A total of 132 of
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Ulster secures €1 million for research into trauma-exposed populations
Ulster University psychologists have secured €1 million to train a new generation of researchers to work with multiple trauma exposed populations in Europe. The funding is part of an overall
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Forgotten refugess ‘homeless’ and ‘virtually abandoned’ claims new report
“Forgotten” refugees are being left hungry and homeless in England, a new report claims. They are being virtually abandoned by the government which has committed to protect them, according to
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Government kills off peers’ bid to offer safe haven to 3,000 child refugees
The Government has killed off an attempt by peers to make Britain offer sanctuary to 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Europe despite concern from Tory backbenchers. Suggestions that Tory rebels
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FOI request reveals £18m payout for immigration detainees held unlawfully
The Government has paid more than £4 million in compensation to people held unlawfully in immigration detention centres in 2014-15. A Freedom of Information request by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire
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Damning report finds UK failing in ‘moral responsibility’ over refugee crisis
The Government is turning a “blind eye” on the “world’s poorest and most vulnerable” by failing to provide an “adequate response” to the European migrant crisis, according to a group
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Local authority concern over child refugees aged six ‘arriving alone in Britain’
Children as young as six are arriving in Britain without their parents to claim asylum, it has emerged. The disclosure came as local authority officials gave evidence to a Lords
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‘Urgent’ action demanded over Calais child asylum seekers aiming for UK
The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on authorities in France to speed up processing scores of lone child asylum seekers who may be eligible to come to the UK.
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Open letter urges PM to ‘step up and do more’ for traumatised child refugees
Mark Rylance, Jude Law and Paloma Faith are among more than 90 stars calling on David Cameron to step up the Government’s commitment to reuniting refugees stranded across Europe with
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Peers defeat Government in vote to let 3,000 child refugees into UK
The Government has been defeated in the Lords as peers voted to allow 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the country. Peers voted by 306 votes to 204, a majority of
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