To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish responses to the reports by (1) Help Refugees, Life for the Children of the Calais Jungle Post Eviction–An Uncertain Future, published on 15 December, and (2) the Oasis Foundation, A Moral Imperative: The UK's Response to Unaccompanied Child Refugees.
Answered on
10 January 2017
The Government values the work of NGOs and the volunteers, who have played a crucial role in Calais supporting children. The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. There are no easy answers but our humanitarian and resettlement efforts will continue, as will our work with European and international partners to reach a political resolution so that those who have been displaced by conflict can eventually return to their homes and livelihoods in peace. The Government has established a £10 million Refugee Children Fund for Europe to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe. The UK is the largest bilateral contributor to the humanitarian response to the crisis in Europe and the Balkans with a total allocation of £70 million.