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CAMPAIGNERS launched a High Court challenge against the government yesterday over its U-turn on allowing unaccompanied child refugees into Britain under the Dubs scheme.
Charity Help Refugees claims ministers failed to calculate the number of places available for the children in question because they did not “properly consult” local authorities.
The hearing comes after ministers announced that only 350 child refugees would be accepted into the country under the scheme, far fewer than the 3,000 it pledged it would assist.
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
Letter to PM outlines best way to reduce hardship