Britain announced on Wednesday it would extend a scheme to take in vulnerable child migrants from Europe, but charities said thousands of children travelling alone would still be left in danger.
The immigration minister, Robert Goodwill, said Britain would resettle 480 unaccompanied child migrants from the European Union, instead of the 350 previously agreed upon.
Under the so-called Dubs amendment passed by parliament last year, Britain agreed to accept vulnerable refugee children who arrived in the European Union before March 20, 2016.
“This will be a much needed lifeline for these 130 children. But this Dubs lifeline will soon be gone for other children in danger. We still need a long-term plan so that children never have to make dangerous journeys into and across Europe in order to reach safety” Hayley Cull, head of campaigns at the U.N.’s children agency UNICEF in Britain
Over 200 children have already been brought to Britain from France under the Dubs scheme after the clearance of a makeshift camp in Calais, known as “the Jungle,” last October. Around 30,000 unaccompanied children arrived in Greece and Italy alone in 2016, according to UNICEF.
