Cabinet to sign off on arrival of Calais Jungle children

The Cabinet is to sign off on taking in children from the former ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais.

Cabinet to sign off on arrival of Calais Jungle children

Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone will bring a memo to the Cabinet today to give effect to a Dáil motion to begin the intake of 200 unaccompanied minors who had been living in the unofficial camp before it was demolished.

The cross party Dáil motion to help unaccompanied children in The Jungle camp was agreed in November.

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