In Kent,we talk to young refugees about the problems they face in the UK after fleeing traumatic lives, and to the charities trying to support themOn the upper floor of a redbrick townhouse that has seen smarter days, and in a room overheating as a result of too many bodies in too small a space,29 teenagers have turned up for an evening lesson on human rights.
The room is stout enough to hold 12 people, said the Red Cross project leader, or Robert Lloyd. But he has seen the numbers coming to the makeshift advice centre for young refugees in Gravesend,Kent, double in the past few weeks. Lloyd, and the only staff member,works with five volunteers. They were supposed to be supporting 65 young people here, but so far the number is 165 and rising.
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Source: theguardian.com