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| Britain should do more to process asylum applications from refugees in camps at the French border who have a connection with the UK, Jeremy Corbyn has said. | Britain should do more to process asylum applications from refugees in camps at the French border who have a connection with the UK, Jeremy Corbyn has said. |
| The Labour leader said the “very, very dangerous” situation of migrants trying to cross the channel illegally cannot be allowed to continue. He also hit out at conditions in the camps in the Calais area, describing one he visited at the weekend as a “fetid swamp”. | The Labour leader said the “very, very dangerous” situation of migrants trying to cross the channel illegally cannot be allowed to continue. He also hit out at conditions in the camps in the Calais area, describing one he visited at the weekend as a “fetid swamp”. |
| Migrants at camps in places such as Calais and Dunkirk can make applications for asylum in the UK if they have a connection to the country but Corbyn called for the government to do more to help process those in the camps. | Migrants at camps in places such as Calais and Dunkirk can make applications for asylum in the UK if they have a connection to the country but Corbyn called for the government to do more to help process those in the camps. |
| In an interview with Sky News, he said: “My solution is a very obvious one. We go through the process of every person in those camps that wants to come to Britain, that has a connection with Britain, process their application.” | In an interview with Sky News, he said: “My solution is a very obvious one. We go through the process of every person in those camps that wants to come to Britain, that has a connection with Britain, process their application.” |
| He added: “We are talking about 3,000 people in Dunkirk – it’s not very many.” Corbyn also repeated calls for the UK to help very vulnerable migrant children who are travelling alone and highlighted the UK’s “human responsibility to reach out” to refugees. | He added: “We are talking about 3,000 people in Dunkirk – it’s not very many.” Corbyn also repeated calls for the UK to help very vulnerable migrant children who are travelling alone and highlighted the UK’s “human responsibility to reach out” to refugees. |
| To those who say that Labour partly lost the election because it failed to address concerns about immigration, Corbyn said the party “did not sufficiently explain the role that migrant communities have”, particularly in the NHS and education. | To those who say that Labour partly lost the election because it failed to address concerns about immigration, Corbyn said the party “did not sufficiently explain the role that migrant communities have”, particularly in the NHS and education. |
| It was reported at the weekend that the government was considering letting in about 3,000 unaccompanied refugee children who have fled war zones. Labour and charities including Save the Children have led calls for the UK to admit more vulnerable, young people who are at risk of falling prey to people traffickers. | |
| Corbyn, who visited camps at Dunkirk and Calais on Saturday, said the UK must offer refugees proper homes and education, not just the bare minimum of refuge. He compared the plight of refugees in Europe to the Jewish kindertransport children escaping Nazi Germany. | |
| The UK has agreed to accept about 20,000 refugees from the Syrian borders by 2020. |