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Syrian refugee children, two of thousands of innocent victims in dire need.
The idea comes amid mounting pressure on ministers to provide refuge for large numbers of young people fleeing war in their homelands without their parents, according to the
Guardian.
Downing Street said the government was looking at calls from charities, led by 'Save the Children', for the UK to admit
at least 3,000 unaccompanied young people who have arrived in Europe from countries including Syria and Afghanistan, and who are judged to be
at serious risk of falling prey to people traffickers. Government sources said such a humanitarian gesture would be in addition to the 20,000 refugees the UK has already agreed to accept, mainly from camps on the borders of Syria, by 2020.
Following a visit to refugee camps in Calais and Dunkirk on Saturday, Labour leader
Jeremy Corbyn called on PM David Cameron to offer children not just a refuge in the UK but proper homes and education, equivalent to the welcome received by those rescued from the Nazis and brought to the UK in 1939.
"We must reach out the hand of humanity to the victims of war and brutal repression," he said. "Along with other EU states,
Britain needs to accept its share of refugees from the conflicts on Europe's borders, including the horrific civil war in Syria," said Corbyn.
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