Calais Debate

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Department: Home Office

Brendan O'Hara

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European Council

Calais

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Point of Order
Monday 24th October 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Brendan O'Hara Portrait Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
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Much of what the Home Secretary has said is very welcome, but what has she instructed her officials to do if an unaccompanied English-speaking 12-year-old girl appears in Calais next week, a child whose best interests are clearly served by being resettled in the United Kingdom? In such circumstances, will her officials be permitted to be flexible with the cut-off date?

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I would expect the girl, in all likelihood, to claim asylum in France, but of course I hope that that event never comes to pass.

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