The @Independent has released an informative report about the 'surge in child refugees in Calais as conditions reach ‘breaking point’': independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
This thread is from our team on the ground, who have daily contact with the many child #refugees at #Calais.
(thread contd) Today I spoke with a 14 year old boy who arrived in Calais a week ago. He was crying & asked me when he would get to see his brother in the UK.
(thread contd) He asked: "Madam it took so long to get here & the way was hard. I have answered every question your friends asked me. When can I go?" He was referring to the French volunteer legal team who will help with his claim. ‘I don’t like it here. My brother is waiting.’
(thread contd) How do I tell him it may be months, or even more than a year?
I also spoke to his brother in the UK. He said ‘Please help us. I am only 19 & I don’t understand the law. I am working every day to make a home for my brother. Please, please can you help him?’
(thread contd) What do I tell these kids? They leave countries torn apart by wars & places where people are persecuted in the belief that the UK is different - that the UK is a beacon of human rights and democracy.
(thread contd) So how do I explain that, while the law exists to reunite them & the process has been created, the political will on the part of our government is simply not there? There is no excuse for not bringing more child refugees to the UK under the #DubsAmendment.
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