Of all the horrible things that the British government has done, and there have been plenty, refusing to honour its pledge to allow just 3000 unaccompanied children into the UK is the absolute pits. There is no possible justification for it. If anyone knows of anything we can do to challenge this or help the refugees, please let me know in the comments.
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