Why are the French not doing more for kids stuck in the camps at Dunkirk and Calais?

SteveRobinson

BigBearKris said:

SteveRobinson said:

If the French were clever, they'd give all the refugees French passports which would mean they'd be able to come to live in Britain legally.

For a couple of years at least... 

So your understanding is that after Brexit people with French passport won't be able to stay in UK legally? 

Well Parliament voted down an amendment to guarantee their rights, so that could be the situation

By 332 votes to 290, MPs voted down an amendment to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, which was brought by Labour’s Harriet Harman.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/brexit-eu-citizens-right-to-stay-guarantee-mps-vote-bill-reject-response-a7572131.html

vale

i'd imagine many refugees from syria & turkey to be qualified, a lot of them highly qualified.
the paranoid erdogan seems to be persecuting the intelligentsia in particular, so docs, academics, journalists will be desperate to get out.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/12/blacklisted-erdogans-witch-hunt-forces-turkish-families-into-world-of-fear-and-isolation

as for refugees from countries like afghanistan & iraq, more likely to be a mix since our bombing was pretty indiscriminate & didn't differentiate between the houses of doctors or taxi drivers (or their children).

& i am sure we'll be seing more refugees from palestine in the fullness of time too, since may is determined to get into bed with both erdogan & netanyahu to keep defence sales high, no matter what the human or political cost.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/06/israel-likely-pass-bill-retroactively-legalising-jewish-settlements

quarky

SteveRobinson said:

BigBearKris said:

SteveRobinson said:

If the French were clever, they'd give all the refugees French passports which would mean they'd be able to come to live in Britain legally.

For a couple of years at least... 

So your understanding is that after Brexit people with French passport won't be able to stay in UK legally? 

Well Parliament voted down an amendment to guarantee their rights, so that could be the situation

By 332 votes to 290, MPs voted down an amendment to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, which was brought by Labour’s Harriet Harman.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/brexit-eu-citizens-right-to-stay-guarantee-mps-vote-bill-reject-response-a7572131.html

Almost certainly not. May has already said she wants to guarantee the rights, the EU refuse to make a reciprocal agreement. It would be completely irresponsible to guarantee the rights of EU citizens here if they are refusing to do the same for ours there. So typical of the opposition parties I guess!