Immigration Bill

Debate between Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard and Keir Starmer

Monday 25th April 2016 Commons Chamber

[Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) (UUP)]

Will the hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

[Keir Starmer]

I will make some progress, if I may, and then I will of course take further interventions.

I have described the situation for millions of families travelling across the world, but we are now dealing with children making such treacherous journeys on their own. It is estimated that there are 26,000 of them in Europe. I met four of them in Glasgow when I visited there. The children—two girls and two boys—were from Iran, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They told me their very powerful stories about their trip across to Europe.