Refugee children from Calais arrived in UK
The first group of unaccompanied children without links to Britain arrived in the UK last night from the Calais camp known as the "jungle".
The refugees were among the latest wave of around 70 new young arrivals to cross the Channel under the provisions of the Dubs amendment.
It followed a change to the Immigration Act which meant Britain has to accept some of the "most vulnerable" unaccompanied child refugees who do not necessarily have ties to the UK.
Previously all the young refugees who have arrived in Britain have been brought under the Dublin regulations, which require the children to have family resident in the UK.
Speaking about the new arrivals, Bishop Jonathan Clark, spokesman for Citizens UK, said: "It's great to see government acting on what Citizens UK have be...