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Britain
UK ending child refugee program proposed by Kindertransport passenger
2017-02-11
[IsraelTimes] Britannia is ending a program to take in child refugees proposed by a politician who arrived in the country by Kindertransport during World War II.

Proponents of the program had wanted the United Kingdom to take in as many as 3,000 lone child refugees, but the government said Wednesday that the initiative would end in March after the resettling of 350 children, according to The Guardian.
Given that a significant, but hidden, proportion of those "children" were most definitely adults -- and in some cases clearly middle-aged -- ending the program is the right call.
Alf Dubs, who was born in Czechoslovakia and arrived in London as a child by way of the Kindertransport rescue effort, proposed the program in the House of Lords last year. Dubs, who previously served in the House of Commons for the Labour Party, called on Prime Minister Theresa May not to end the program, The Guardian reported.

Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill said local authorities had stated that they could only resettle 400 unaccompanied child refugees until the end of March and the government had never committed to taking in a specific number of children.
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