Right now, there are at least 25,000 unaccompanied children seeking refuge in Europe! They’ve fled unimaginable violence, lost their parents, and are desperate to find safe haven. But instead of urgently offering them sanctuary, authorities have abandoned them to dangerous traffickers that stalk them. The craziest thing is that even children with relations in Europe are not being allowed to join them. But this week everything changed -- refugee experts have just won a legal case requiring the UK to let unaccompanied kids join their families in Britain and claim asylum there.
Further information:
Four Syrian refugees must be brought from Calais camp to Britain, judges rule (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-
Syrian teenagers in Calais win UK asylum ruling (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Calais refugee camp filled with people that feel 'forgotten' (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Calais migrant crisis: Young asylum seekers face lengthy legal battles to stay in Britain (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/
Christmas in the Jungle: Heartbreaking pictures of migrant children living in squalor in Calais camp (Daily Mail)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
