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Debate between Christina Rees and Amber Rudd
Monday 5th December 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Christina Rees Portrait Christina Rees (Neath) (Lab/Co-op)
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If the refugee family reunion section of UK immigration rules was widened, many refugee children could arrive directly from the conflict region rather than via Calais. Will the Home Secretary commit to look again at these rules so that children do not have to risk their lives to be with their families?

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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We are constantly looking at our immigration rules to ensure that we have the right balance to support vulnerable children on the continent—most of them coming from Calais—whom we are trying to help, but we have other programmes that enable us to give direct help to vulnerable children who are out in the conflict regions.