WESTMORLAND and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron yesterday chaired an emergency cross-party summit to look at the question of how Britain can support child refugees.
Mr Farron has repeatedly called on the government to take in 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees who are currently in Europe, which the charity Save the Children has campaigned for.
Most recently, Mr Farronm raised this issue with David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions two weeks ago.
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Mr Farron has visited refugee camps in both Calais and the Greek island of Lesvos, to meet refugees and witness the scale of the problem.
“The refugee crisis is the biggest international humanitarian challenge we face, as Europe sees the largest number of refugees since the second world war," said Mr Farron. "Mr Cameron must show compassion and humanity, and accept the 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees which I and Save the Children have repeatedly called on him to take in.
"The journey over here is a perilous one, which these refugees only make because they are fleeing unimaginable terror, war and persecution. Cameron must act in accordance with British values and do the right thing, by offering support to these children who are in a desperate situation.”
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