Vanessa Redgrave urges U.K. Prime Minister to open borders to child refugees
Vanessa Redgrave has written to Britain's new leader, urging her to open the country's border to unaccompanied child refugees in Calais, France.
The actress and activist delivered a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday (05Aug16). In it she called for an immediate amnesty for the minors who have family members in Britain.
She told Reuters, "There's 170 children who have relatives in this country and they've been in Calais under terrible conditions for about nine months... It's an appalling situation
"Theresa May has stated that she's going to allot money against the slavery programs. Well, these children are being abandoned to slavery whatever form it is, sex or otherwise."
Before he resigned as Prime Minister in June (16), David Cameron promised Britain would take in more Syrian child refugees who had made it to Europe.
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