Calais Jungle Refugee Children Needing Surgery

HoratioTarr wrote:...after being raped!   Jeez!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/calais-jungle-refugee-children-being-raped-in-camp-aid-workers-claim-a6912711.html

HoratioTarr wrote:...after being raped!   Jeez!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/calais-jungle-refugee-children-being-raped-in-camp-aid-workers-claim-a6912711.html

Stars sign up as buddies to help Calais children reunite with UK families
Jude Law and Benedict Cumberbatch among celebrities to sponsor child refugees as their ‘buddy’, pay legal costs and urge authorities to give them safe passage



Jude Law (centre) speaks during a visit to the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais on 21 February to draw attention to the plight of refugees facing imminent eviction. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images  

Jude Law, Dominic West and Benedict Cumberbatch are among a group of prominent actors and public figures who will each sponsor an unaccompanied child living in the migrant camp in Calais, to help reunite them with their families in the UK.
The celebrities, including musician and producer Brian Eno, actor Juliet Stevenson and Michael Morpugo, the children’s author, have each signed up to a buddy system, to support unaccompanied minors in the “Jungle” migrant camp with UK links.
They have agreed to visit them in France or their families in the UK, to contribute towards their legal and humanitarian costs and to urge the British and French governments to provide safe passage for all unaccompanied children.
Speaking from Calais, Stevenson said the buddy scheme was a “brilliant idea”.
“Each person is responsible for this one child and can bring pressure to bear on the government,” said Stevenson.
The actor described the eviction of migrants by the French authorities this week as “brutal and horrific”, but said she hoped the spotlight on the camp’s demolition would be a catalyst for action, as it has drawn attention to the plight of minors. “The great fear is that kids will go off the radar and be subjected to traffickers and exposed to all sorts of dangers,” she said.

Stevenson will deliver a double-decker bus she bought on ebay for £5500 to the camp’s children’s centre on Friday, after hearing from volunteers working with minors that it might make a good mobile home.




Citizens UK has estimated that 150 children in the camp have a legal right to reunite with their families in the UK. The charity currently has 70 active cases with children in Calais, and estimates that there are another 80 who would qualify for family reunion.
The buddy scheme initiative – organised by a collaboration of refugee organisations including Citizens UK, Help Refugees and Good Chance Calais – was announced after President François Hollande called on the UK government to speed up the process of reuniting unaccompanied minors with their families in Britain.
Hollande said on Thursday that if children in Calais had UK families they “should go to the United Kingdom quickly and efficiently”.
The “Jungle” shantytown, which houses up to 3,500 refugees and migrants trying to reach the UK, is being partially dismantled by French authorities following an order from the French prefecture. Some of the wooden shacks housing children have already been destroyed.
Earlier this year, four Syrian refugees were admitted to the UK by order of the British courts, a move thought to set a limited precedent and raise hopes a couple of hundred minors with families in the UK could also be admitted.
Refugee groups warned that due to the evictions at the camp this week minors were more at risk because they were harder to reach.
Major Nick Coke, of Raynes Park Salvation Army and Citizens UK, said: “With evictions beginning in earnest and these minors’ homes being demolished we must act urgently to ensure these children are not lost, scattered across northern France and away from the humanitarian protection they need and the legal support they require to reunite with their loved ones.”
Josie Naughton of Help Refugees said: “No human should have to endure the awful conditions of the Calais ‘Jungle’ let alone children who have loving homes to go to. We welcome the buddies to our team and are grateful for their assistance in helping us provide humanitarian aid to these children while they wait for reunification or proper protection from the authorities.”
A statement on behalf of the celebrities said: “We call on the British and French authorities to immediately make provisions for the safe passage of all the unaccompanied minors and refugee children identified by Citizens UK with verified family connections to Britain.
“These children have a full legal right to reunite with their loved ones. It is unacceptable that they are left in danger and distress for administrative convenience. The system established to reunite these families must either be set aside, or made to work as a matter of extreme urgency.
“We are each buddying with one unaccompanied minor to ensure that they receive the humanitarian support they need and to personally insist that both governments honour their obligations to these children.”
Law and Cumberbatch were among 145 figures who signed a letter to David Cameron last month, urging him to take action to postpone the demolition of part of the Calais camp, until the unaccompanied minors are either given full child protection within the French system or reunited with families in the UK.
Those who have signed up to the buddy system include actors Gillian Anderson, Stephen Daldry, Laura Bailey, authors Ali Smith and Andrew O’Hagan, journalist and television presenters Mariella Frostrup and Mark Cousins, comedian Shappi Khorsandi, and Sir Christopher Bland, former ITV deputy chairman.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/hollywood-stars-to-help-calais-children-reunite-with-uk-families

sassy wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:...after being raped!   Jeez!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/calais-jungle-refugee-children-being-raped-in-camp-aid-workers-claim-a6912711.html

New plan to try and help them, poor kids:

Stars sign up as buddies to help Calais children reunite with UK families
Jude Law and Benedict Cumberbatch among celebrities to sponsor child refugees as their ‘buddy’, pay legal costs and urge authorities to give them safe passage



Jude Law (centre) speaks during a visit to the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais on 21 February to draw attention to the plight of refugees facing imminent eviction. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images  

Jude Law, Dominic West and Benedict Cumberbatch are among a group of prominent actors and public figures who will each sponsor an unaccompanied child living in the migrant camp in Calais, to help reunite them with their families in the UK.
The celebrities, including musician and producer Brian Eno, actor Juliet Stevenson and Michael Morpugo, the children’s author, have each signed up to a buddy system, to support unaccompanied minors in the “Jungle” migrant camp with UK links.
They have agreed to visit them in France or their families in the UK, to contribute towards their legal and humanitarian costs and to urge the British and French governments to provide safe passage for all unaccompanied children.
Speaking from Calais, Stevenson said the buddy scheme was a “brilliant idea”.
“Each person is responsible for this one child and can bring pressure to bear on the government,” said Stevenson.
The actor described the eviction of migrants by the French authorities this week as “brutal and horrific”, but said she hoped the spotlight on the camp’s demolition would be a catalyst for action, as it has drawn attention to the plight of minors. “The great fear is that kids will go off the radar and be subjected to traffickers and exposed to all sorts of dangers,” she said.

Stevenson will deliver a double-decker bus she bought on ebay for £5500 to the camp’s children’s centre on Friday, after hearing from volunteers working with minors that it might make a good mobile home.




Citizens UK has estimated that 150 children in the camp have a legal right to reunite with their families in the UK. The charity currently has 70 active cases with children in Calais, and estimates that there are another 80 who would qualify for family reunion.
The buddy scheme initiative – organised by a collaboration of refugee organisations including Citizens UK, Help Refugees and Good Chance Calais – was announced after President François Hollande called on the UK government to speed up the process of reuniting unaccompanied minors with their families in Britain.
Hollande said on Thursday that if children in Calais had UK families they “should go to the United Kingdom quickly and efficiently”.
The “Jungle” shantytown, which houses up to 3,500 refugees and migrants trying to reach the UK, is being partially dismantled by French authorities following an order from the French prefecture. Some of the wooden shacks housing children have already been destroyed.
Earlier this year, four Syrian refugees were admitted to the UK by order of the British courts, a move thought to set a limited precedent and raise hopes a couple of hundred minors with families in the UK could also be admitted.
Refugee groups warned that due to the evictions at the camp this week minors were more at risk because they were harder to reach.
Major Nick Coke, of Raynes Park Salvation Army and Citizens UK, said: “With evictions beginning in earnest and these minors’ homes being demolished we must act urgently to ensure these children are not lost, scattered across northern France and away from the humanitarian protection they need and the legal support they require to reunite with their loved ones.”
Josie Naughton of Help Refugees said: “No human should have to endure the awful conditions of the Calais ‘Jungle’ let alone children who have loving homes to go to. We welcome the buddies to our team and are grateful for their assistance in helping us provide humanitarian aid to these children while they wait for reunification or proper protection from the authorities.”
A statement on behalf of the celebrities said: “We call on the British and French authorities to immediately make provisions for the safe passage of all the unaccompanied minors and refugee children identified by Citizens UK with verified family connections to Britain.
“These children have a full legal right to reunite with their loved ones. It is unacceptable that they are left in danger and distress for administrative convenience. The system established to reunite these families must either be set aside, or made to work as a matter of extreme urgency.
“We are each buddying with one unaccompanied minor to ensure that they receive the humanitarian support they need and to personally insist that both governments honour their obligations to these children.”
Law and Cumberbatch were among 145 figures who signed a letter to David Cameron last month, urging him to take action to postpone the demolition of part of the Calais camp, until the unaccompanied minors are either given full child protection within the French system or reunited with families in the UK.
Those who have signed up to the buddy system include actors Gillian Anderson, Stephen Daldry, Laura Bailey, authors Ali Smith and Andrew O’Hagan, journalist and television presenters Mariella Frostrup and Mark Cousins, comedian Shappi Khorsandi, and Sir Christopher Bland, former ITV deputy chairman.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/hollywood-stars-to-help-calais-children-reunite-with-uk-families

My OH, not the most left wing person in the world, was spitting blood by the end of the news tonight.  FFS, he said, we are all bloody human beings, we all deserve a decent life!

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Lord Foul wrote:well, you know, I've had a think about this...

we should let ALL te migrants and refugees in ...all 6 million of them , from all across europe and those stranded in greece/macedonia

the whole lot.


I would build a new city of 6 million odd housing units, with all the necessary facilties to house them. I would find them work through compulsary requirements on all businesses within 25 miles of the city,

The only restriction would be that untill "processed" and fully "reorientated" they could not go more than 25 miles from the city...

and I'd put it HERE   51.2372534   0.7085234

Lord Foul wrote:well, you know, I've had a think about this...

we should let ALL te migrants and refugees in ...all 6 million of them , from all across europe and those stranded in greece/macedonia

the whole lot.


I would build a new city of 6 million odd housing units, with all the necessary facilties to house them. I would find them work through compulsary requirements on all businesses within 25 miles of the city,

The only restriction would be that untill "processed" and fully "reorientated" they could not go more than 25 miles from the city...

and I'd put it HERE   51.2372534   0.7085234

Lord Foul wrote:true...but come on make up your mind ...only yesterday you were arguing for an open door....

one question...what sort of numbers are we talking about (in terms of the kids?)

Lord Foul wrote:true...but come on make up your mind ...only yesterday you were arguing for an open door....

one question...what sort of numbers are we talking about (in terms of the kids?)

sassy wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:well, you know, I've had a think about this...

we should let ALL te migrants and refugees in ...all 6 million of them , from all across europe and those stranded in greece/macedonia

the whole lot.


I would build a new city of 6 million odd housing units, with all the necessary facilties to house them. I would find them work through compulsary requirements on all businesses within 25 miles of the city,

The only restriction would be that untill "processed" and fully "reorientated" they could not go more than 25 miles from the city...

and I'd put it HERE   51.2372534   0.7085234

Why there in particular lol, it's rather specific.

Lord Foul wrote:well...the numbers matter in as much as ...where you going to put em??

most local authorities cant cope with the kids we have that need help, they are desperate for foster parents, and no volunteers (hardly surprising considering the way the services treat would be foster carers...)

dunno what could be done to change that.....or where the money to change its going to come from since camergoon et al is determined to strangle LA's to death....

YES it SHOULD be found...but from where?

sassy wrote:

sassy wrote:


Why there in particular lol, it's rather specific.

Victor, you were not going to put them in Lenham Storage were you?

Lord Foul wrote:

sassy wrote:


Victor, you were not going to put them in Lenham Storage were you?

nah..I said, build a whole new city.... its convenient for the point of entry, theres nowt round there of any great significance, its under urbanised...

do the area a whole world of good, more empolyment, more employees  what could possibly go wrong?

Lord Foul wrote:

sassy wrote:


Victor, you were not going to put them in Lenham Storage were you?

nah..I said, build a whole new city.... its convenient for the point of entry, theres nowt round there of any great significance, its under urbanised...

do the area a whole world of good, more empolyment, more employees  what could possibly go wrong?

Didge wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:well...the numbers matter in as much as ...where you going to put em??

most local authorities cant cope with the kids we have that need help, they are desperate for foster parents, and no volunteers (hardly surprising considering the way the services treat would be foster carers...)

dunno what could be done to change that.....or where the money to change its going to come from since camergoon et al is determined to strangle LA's to death....

YES it SHOULD be found...but from where?

Numbers do not matter when it comes to helping children by allowing them sanctuary.

Didge wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:

nah..I said, build a whole new city.... its convenient for the point of entry, theres nowt round there of any great significance, its under urbanised...

do the area a whole world of good, more empolyment, more employees  what could possibly go wrong?

If its Lenham you are talking about where I work, there is plans to build 5,000 new homes

Lord Foul wrote:

Didge wrote:


Numbers do not matter when it comes to helping children by allowing them sanctuary.

yes...but ...where is this "magic money pot"?

as I said...it SHOULD be found....BUT...........

as merkel famously said less than a year ago "we can do it"...erm...suddenly its "actually....really...we cant erm...help"

we know whats "moral"...but...there is that little word called practical

you cant take in "however many" then suddenly find that all you can do is give each kid half the help it needs......its all or nothing ...you either help or dont...you cant "half help"

Lord Foul wrote:how...do you propose to raise this money from "the people"

more benefit cuts?

increased taxation?

perhaps 10 on the bottom rate

or 5% on vat

or what?

we are...apparantly skint as a nation so our revered leaders tell us

so the only resource is literally the pockets of the people...and you know as well as I do whos pockets that will be...

Lord Foul wrote:and I dont think ANY politicain would dare to or indeed could sell those ideas to the population.

it would be political suicide

there is ONE way I think it could be done.....

remove the tax exempt status of religious bodies...let them contribute something to society, instead of whinging from the sidelines

Didge wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:how...do you propose to raise this money from "the people"

more benefit cuts?

increased taxation?

perhaps 10 on the bottom rate

or 5% on vat

or what?

we are...apparantly skint as a nation so our revered leaders tell us

so the only resource is literally the pockets of the people...and you know as well as I do whos pockets that will be...

We are not skint and people have money


that is the same view king john and the sherrif of nottingham had.....

I suggest raising the money through charities like when we do children in need.

Do a day event and cooperate through charities

ask people to donate money to their local authority funds, yeah right thats going to work....

when most people trust the fiscal propriety of local authorities about as much as they trust pinocchios word???

still I suppose it could be done with adequate and guaranteed oversight from an independant say "tax payers" pannel

Thus no need to raise any taxes, its based on the good nature of people to offer help, which this country excels at

Didge wrote:1) Bullshit, you have watched too many films and again clearly do not realise people do have money

some people have "spare money"

2)  No i said to charities and through an event like "Children in Need"

3) So you are again barking up the wrong tree


no I'm not, ultimately the money has to end up in LA's coffers...becasue they are the ones that would have to take the kids on

4) Money when people know their plight and the country coordinated a special event would see people dig into their pockets

Lord Foul wrote:

Didge wrote:1) Bullshit, you have watched too many films and again clearly do not realise people do have money

some people have "spare money"

2)  No i said to charities and through an event like "Children in Need"

3) So you are again barking up the wrong tree


no I'm not, ultimately the money has to end up in LA's coffers...becasue they are the ones that would have to take the kids on

4) Money when people know their plight and the country coordinated a special event would see people dig into their pockets

however, given that sassy recons about 500 there really there shouldnt be a problem, there are 433 local authorities...so thats one or two each ...  insignificant really...

Tommy Monk wrote:Bollocks!

Lord Foul wrote:well Didge , thinking about it they could send all 500 to sevenoaks....one of the richest towns in britain (apparantly)

I dont suppose the denizens of sevenoaks would notice £100 on their council tax..

actually, (and I don't know, which is why I'm asking)  where would these kids be placed...where would homes be found for em? I always thought there was a problem homing kids from some groups...are Muslims any better/worse than anyone else when it comes to this???