UK will take 350 lone child refugees from Europe, says immigration minister

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A total of 350 child refugees will be brought to Britain from Europe under the so-called Dubs Amendment&comma; the Government has announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The number is well below the 3&comma;000 unaccompanied minors that campaigners and politicians originally called for the UK to accept through the scheme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ministers introduced the programme last year after coming under intense pressure to give sanctuary to lone children stranded on the Continent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Calls for the measure were spearheaded by Lord Dubs&comma; whose amendment to the Immigration Act requires the Government to &&num;8220&semi;make arrangements to relocate to the UK and support a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children from other countries in Europe&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The legislation did not specify a figure but today&comma; the UK Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill said 350 children will be transferred under the initiative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is the first time an official figure has been given for the number of under-18s who will be resettled in the UK under the Dubs Amendment&comma; which is given effect by Section 67 of the Immigration Act&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was reached after consultation with councils on their capacity to care for and support asylum-seeking children&comma; the British Government said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a written ministerial statement&comma; Mr Goodwill said more than 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were transferred to the UK from Europe in total last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This included more than 750 from France as part of Britain&&num;8217&semi;s support for the clearance of the Jungle camp in Calais&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 200 of those children met the criteria for the Dubs route&comma; while the remainder were transferred under an accelerated process based on&comma; but operated outside of&comma; the Dublin Regulation covering family reunion cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e34c1d8892f">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e34c1d8892f'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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