The Calais camp was destroyed last month and the migrants were transferred to asylum centres FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/GETTYThe government has agreed to accept up to 200 unaccompanied minors from the Calais camp following weeks of protests and pressure from opposition parties. The motion, drafted by Richard Boyd-Barrett of People Before Profit, was amended yesterday to include the provision that Dail Eireann “will work with the French authorities in accordance with national and international law, and liaise with volunteers and youth care professions to identify up to 200 unaccompanied minors previously living in the official camp of Calais.”It also includes a requirement that these minors must have “expressed a desire to come and stay in Ireland.”These will be the first migrants accepted to Ireland from Calais. The department of justice had previously ruled out accepting any unaccompanied minors from the Calais…

Source: The Times November 11, 2016 00:05 UTC