Brendan O'Hara
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Monday 24th October 2016
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Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
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?
Amber Rudd
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.