Green Party: Government decision to take only 350 child refugees is an ‘absolute disgrace’
8 February 2017
The Green Party has responded to the Government’s announcement it will take only 350 lone child refugees instead of a proposed 3000 [1].
Jonathan Bartley, Green Party co-leader, said:
“This announcement, which the Tories have tried to sneak out just before recess, is an absolute disgrace. This is nowhere near the 3000 originally proposed by Lord Dubs and it equates to less than one per local authority in the UK. Any claim by the Prime Minister to be a compassionate Conservative is utterly undermined by the dereliction of duty to some of the most vulnerable people in the world. The Government should have been doing far more to support local authorities. I have visited Calais and seen firsthand the horrifying daily risks the children there faced and how desperate for safety they were. This is a national scandal, which disgraces us all. The Government should hang its head in shame.”
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