The report also says that evidence from charities and other organisations contradicts the Home Office’s assertion that the Dubs scheme would encourage people smugglers and that in fact offering a legal route to the UK has the opposite effect. “Ministers have said that they need to end the Dubs scheme in order to prevent trafficking, but Save the Children and others have said this will make child trafficking, abuse and exploitation worse. “The government has also said local councils can only take 350 children under the Dubs scheme. The report’s publication follows an Observer investigation which found evidence there was far greater capacity to home child refugees than the government had admitted. “But it’s not ‘job done’ when these children get to the UK – they require ongoing support and protection.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2017 00:00 UTC