The President of France proposes that the Refugee camps at Calais and Dunkirk are to be demolished by October 31st. There are more than a thousand young unaccompanied refugees in these camps. The Immigration Act 2016 (Dubs amendment) gives HM Government an obligation to admit unaccompanied child refugees – but at most, only 30 have been accepted since the act became law on May 10th this year.
The closure date of October 31st 2016 makes this a most urgent issue, and Parliament is in recess for a further fortnight! I’m urging as many schools as possible to encourage children to write at once to the Prime Minister to demand that UK fulfills its obligation.
Your help in sharing this message will be greatly appreciated. I’m sure many of our councillors and council groups would be prepared to ask schools in their areas to encourage children to write these individual letters.
Many thanks,
Lord Roberts of Llandudno.