Young people in refugee camps in Calais and Dunkirk are being sexually exploited and forced to commit crimes by traffickers, according to a Unicef report. “I’ve met some of the unaccompanied children in Calais and have seen the terrible conditions they are living in. Unaccompanied children in Calais have been out of school for an average of three years, according to Citizens UK. It says children are being subjected to sexual violence by traffickers who promise passage to the UK. A number of religious leaders including the archbishop of Canterbury have called on the government to allow 300 of the most vulnerable refugee children into Britain in time to start school in September.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2016 06:00 UTC