Craig Whittaker
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Child Refugees: Age Checks
Craig Whittaker Excerpts(7 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Goodwill
Absolutely. Home Office officials, working with local government social services officials, will be making sure that we discharge all our responsibilities to protect the children.
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
Many constituents in the Calder Valley have contacted me wanting to know why, given that we have said that we are going to take children from the jungle in Calais, we are actually taking young men and not young girls. Can the Minister confirm that the only unaccompanied children—that is, those under 18—in the Calais jungle are in fact young men?
Mr Goodwill
Some 90% of those in the camps who are children are young men. It is important that, as we move to the next phase, we target the most vulnerable—the younger children and those at most risk.