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UK to Take in About 300 Children From Calais Migrant 'Jungle'

© AFP 2023 / PHILIPPE HUGUENThis file photo taken on June 23, 2015 shows migrants climbing in the back of a lorry on the A16 highway leading to the Eurotunnel in Calais, northern France
This file photo taken on June 23, 2015 shows migrants climbing in the back of a lorry on the A16 highway leading to the Eurotunnel in Calais, northern France - Sputnik International
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The United Kingdom is expected to accept more than 300 unaccompanied children from the refugee camp near the French city of Calais in the near future, media reported Saturday.

British Home Secretary Amber Rudd delivers her keynote address at the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 4, 2016 - Sputnik International
UK to Remove Children From Calais if France Provides Necessary Information
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Monday, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called on London to reunite children from the Calais camp with their families in the United Kingdom. Later in the day, UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd said that the children could be transferred from France shortly if Paris provided all necessary information about them.

According to the BBC broadcaster, the United Kingdom could receive more than 300 refugee minors within the framework of its cooperation with the French authorities, however later in the month Rudd estimated this number at some 100.

Migrants walk in the northern area of the camp called the Jungle in Calais, France, September 6, 2016 - Sputnik International
French Interior Minister Calls on UK to Take in Calais Refugee Children
The UK authorities will focus on the children who have already had lawful rights to join their families in the United Kingdom, the broadcaster reported.

Since 2015, Calais has been the home to a large migrant camp – the so-called Jungle – notorious for its horrible living conditions. Thousands of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa are living in the Jungle, located not far from the Channel Tunnel, in hopes of reaching the United Kingdom.

The remaining part of the camp is to be closed before the end of October, after the main section was dismantled in March.

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