Petition: Ask Parliament to save lone child refugees in Europe

Lost in Calais

Last night, MPs voted against an amendment which would have allowed the government to accept 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the UK. The Labour amendment to the Immigration Bill was defeated by 294 to 276 votes. Lord Dubs, who proposed the original wil try again with a somewhat different amendment. This will be debated tonight in the House of Lords.

The charity Calais Action, as part of the Refugee Task force working on the Dubs amendment, has started a petition on line for the amendment of the bill going into the Lords tonight. This petition calls on Lords and MPs to pass the new amended act and save the lone children in Europe, here - www.change.org/p/government-save-lone-child-refugees-in-europe

The new amendment is as follows: "Unaccompanied refugee children: relocation and support.

(1) The Secretary of State must, as soon as possible after the passing of this Act, make arrangements to relocate to the United Kingdom and support a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children from other countries in Europe.

(2) The number of children to be resettled under subsection (1) shall be determined by the Government in consultation with local authorities.

(3) The relocation of children under subsection (1) shall be in addition to the resettlement of children under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme."

PLEASE sign and pressure your local council to accept refugee children from Europe. You can do this at the website
www.change.org/p/government-save-lone-child-refugees-in-europe

You can also email the Lords personally to urge their support here: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/

This petition will be delivered to:

UK Government
CONSERVATIVES
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron MP
James Brokenshire
House Of Lords
Lord Keen of Elie