Calais Jungle camp children legally challenge Home Secretary over handling of asylum claims
Dozens of children who lived in the Calais refugee camp have launched a legal challenge against the Home Secretary for mishandling their asylum claims.
The Government has a commitment to bring particularly vulnerable accompanied children into the UK, under the Dubs amendment to the Immigration Act.
But the Home Office has failed to provide sanctuary to the most at-risk refugee children and not given proper written decisions in refusing these applications, their lawyers say.
It was revealed in early December that hundreds of children who had expected to come to the UK had been refused asylum by the Home Office.
Charities have previously taken legal action against the Government over its handling of minors asylum claims. But this will be the first time that children have lau...