Queens Park Rangers offer to transport 1,000 refugee children to the UK

QUEENS Park Rangers football club have offered to provide coaches to transport some of the 1,000 refugee children stranded in France to Britain.


Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2016 by Dailystar.co.uk

Queens Park Rangers offer to transport 1,000 refugee children to the UK
TRANSPORT: QPR have offered to provide coaches to bring child refugees to the UK

The Championship club said it has already had talks with officials at Hammersmith & Fulham Council in west London.

QPR co-chairman Tony Fernandes said: “There are children in France who are facing awful challenges, and seeing things that no child should see.”

Queens Park Rangers offer to transport 1,000 refugee children to the UK
CHILDHOOD: Tony Fernandes highlighted the challenges children face in French camps

It follows reports from aid organisations that many unaccompanied minors are still living in shipping containers in Calais.

Authorities cleared the last of the camp’s makeshift shelters on Monday night after evacuating 5,000 migrants to temporary housing around France.

French president Francois Hollande has said migrants will not be allowed to resettle at the dismantled camp.

Queens Park Rangers offer to transport 1,000 refugee children to the UK
EVICTED: Francois Hollande said people will not be allowed to resettle at the camp site

But Refugee Solidarity yesterday warned that all children were told to leave by today.

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott urged Britain to provide a haven for the children.

Queens Park Rangers offer to transport 1,000 refugee children to the UK
SAFE: Diane Abbott urged Britain to provide a haven for refugees

She said the “well-being of some of the most vulnerable people in Europe is Britain’s responsibility as much as any other country”.

Last week, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said 200 children had been transferred to the UK.

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