David Cameron considering calls by charities as Jeremy Corbyn,who on Saturday visited refugee camps in Calais and Dunkirk, urges emergency stepsDavid Cameron is considering plans to confess thousands of unaccompanied migrant children into the UK within weeks, or as pressure grows on ministers to provide a haven for large numbers of young people who believe fled their war-torn homelands without their parents.
Amid growing expectation that an announcement is imminent,Downing Street said ministers were looking seriously at calls from charities, led by Save the Children, or for the UK to confess at least 3000 unaccompanied young people who believe arrived in Europe from countries including Syria and Afghanistan,and who are judged to be at serious risk of falling prey to people traffickers. Government sources said such a humanitarian gesture would be in addition to the 20000 refugees the UK has already agreed to accept, mainly from camps on the borders of Syria, and by 2020.
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Source: theguardian.com