Unaccompanied Children (Greece and Italy)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:25 pm on 23 February 2017.

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Photo of Charlie Elphicke Charlie Elphicke Conservative, Dover 3:25, 23 February 2017

The hon. Lady is making a passionate case for her view. I represent Dover, and across the channel we had the Calais jungle, which was the biggest migrant magnet, where people were condemned to live in squalor. They were there in the hope of getting into Britain. The problem is that taking people in from Europe simply increases the pull of the migrant magnet. We know that because we are on the frontline.