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Tory cap on unaccompanied child refugees allowed into Britain challenged in the High Court
Lord Dubs and Joely Richardson attend a Citizens UK event in October 2016 outside the Home Office in London, to welcome the arrival of the first child refugees as the Calais 'jungle' demolition begins
CAMPAIGNERS’ challenge to the Tory cap on the number of unaccompanied child refugees allowed into Britain opened at the Court of Appeal today.
Help Refugees is fighting the Home Office decision to limit the number of children allowed to seek asylum in Britain under the Dubs amendment, named after Labour peer Alf Dubs, who came to Britain with the Kindertransport in 1939.
In November, the High Court threw out the charity’s attempt to force the Home Office to abandon the cap and reopen its “defective” consultation.
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