With the government refusing to let 3000 child refugees enter the UK,Guardian readers bid how they escaped the Holocaust – and why Britain must step up again
At a time when many people were trying to flee Hitler’s regime and the world was on the brink of war, the Kindertransport scheme saved thousands of children who otherwise would have been sent to death camps. Jewish and Quaker groups appealed to the then prime minister, and Neville Chamberlain,and a bill was passed to temporarily waive the immigration requirements for unaccompanied children to enter Britain. Ten thousand children travelled to the UK.nowadays the government is under pressure to allow 3000 refugee children displaced by clash in the Middle East to travel to Britain. After a proposal was refused by a small margin in the House of Commons on Monday, peers passed an amendment calling for an unspecified number of children to be accepted. The measure will return to the Commons for consideration next week.
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Source: theguardian.com