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| The government is looking at calls to take in thousands of unaccompanied refugee children who have made it into Europe, a Cabinet minister says. | The government is looking at calls to take in thousands of unaccompanied refugee children who have made it into Europe, a Cabinet minister says. |
| Charities have been calling on the UK to help 3,000 child refugees as part of its response to the Syrian conflict. | Charities have been calling on the UK to help 3,000 child refugees as part of its response to the Syrian conflict. |
| International Development Secretary Justine Greening said ministers were considering "whether we can do more" for unaccompanied children. | International Development Secretary Justine Greening said ministers were considering "whether we can do more" for unaccompanied children. |
| Downing Street sources say no decision has been made yet. | |
| Speaking on Sky News, Ms Greening said children "have always been at the heart of our response". | Speaking on Sky News, Ms Greening said children "have always been at the heart of our response". |
| Asked about the calls for the government to consider admitting 3,000, she said: "That's what we are doing and I think that is the right thing." | Asked about the calls for the government to consider admitting 3,000, she said: "That's what we are doing and I think that is the right thing." |
| Her comment come after David Cameron told the Commons earlier in January that he was considering the issue " in good faith". | |
| Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron - who has been pushing the PM to take in unaccompanied children - told the BBC on Sunday "there may be some signs" from Mr Cameron's responses during a six-month long campaign that his view was "moving in that direction". | |
| "His response when I first raised it with him was very negative. When I raised it with him privately, a little less negative..." | |
| The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made similar calls on Saturday on a trip to see refugees in Calais. | |
| In September, the government promised to resettle 20,000 refugees from Syria over five years. |