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Anger grows over Rudd’s Dubs U-turn
All four children’s commissioners voice fury

ALL four children’s commissioners in Britain wrote to the government yesterday to express “deep concern” over its U-turn on bringing lone child refugees to the country.

The government unexpectedly announced last week that just 350 children will be given a home in Britain under the so-called Dubs amendment — far fewer than the 3,000 campaigners had hoped for.

The joint letter urges Home Secretary Amber Rudd to “consider carefully the plight of the many thousands of lone child refugees in Europe who are currently at risk of exploitation and trafficking.”

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