As part of the the Johnson government’s Brexit Bill, the
UK Parliament has voted against guaranteeing the right of
unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with family living in
this country.
Labour's Lord Dubs - who came to the UK as a child
to escape the Nazis, and who has campaigned for the children,
called the decision “Appalling and deeply distressing." Jeremy
Corbyn said, "for his whole life Lord Dubs has worked tirelessly
to ensure children affected by the worst aspects of global injustice
are given sanctuary in this country … Now this government, in its
first weeks in office has ripped up those hard won commitments."
"More
than 10,000 unaccompanied children are believed to have entered the
UK over the past decade using dangerous methods such as hiding in the
back of a lorry. 90% of the minors have illegally entered the UK and
done so by risking their lives.”
In
solidarity with the abandoned children and in disgust with our
dubiozly ‘elected’ ‘government’ here are Dubioza Kolektiv and Manu Chao with
