Coach loads of Calais ‘children’ with no links to UK arrive…as more adult migrants gather at Jungle check point
A change in law means Britain has to accept some of the 'most vulnerable' unaccompanied child refugees who have no links to the UK
THE FIRST load of coaches of 'child' refugees with no links to the UK have arrived as more adult migrants gather at a makeshift Calais Jungle check point to try and follow suit.
The group of around 100, which is the biggest influx since the Government started bringing over young refugees, arrived yesterday and are the first to be brought in following a change to the Immigration Act which meant Britain has to accept some of the 'most vulnerable' unaccompanied child refugees who do not necessarily have ties to the UK.
Before the change was made, young refugees who have arrived in Britain have been brought under the Dublin regulations, which require the children to have family resident in the UK.
A shack has been set up by the Home Office in the heart of the French camp where officials have begun processing children to bring to the UK as part of the scheme.
The facility is also being used to establish the age and eligibility of the migrants.
Desperation to come to the UK is at a high as the camp is due to be demolished tomorrow.
Three coaches arrived at Croydon in South London yesterday but were shielded by a 15ft wall.
Around half a dozen construction workers built the high fence on Friday morning with an employee confirming it was a last minute job.
It comes after a furious debate over the arrival of the ‘child migrants’ to the UK, with many pointing out the males appeared to be much older than 18.
The new structure, built by workers from from Phoenix Scaffolding, reached around the area where all previous coaches from Calais have stopped outside Lunar House, the Home Office building where migrants are interviewed.
A Home Office spokesperson told The Sun Online that the screens were temporary, saying: “Our focus is, and will continue to be, transferring eligible children and young people from Calais to the UK before the camp clearance begins.
“We urge everyone, including the media, to respect the privacy of these vulnerable individuals.”
The measures come after the UK’s largest fostering charity TACT tweeted a Sun photograph of a ‘child migrant’, claiming that the male was an adult interpreter with the Home Office.
But the claims have since been denied, forcing the charity to delete their tweet.
The first girl migrant from the camp arrived in the UK a few days ago.
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