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UK govt. backtracks on pledge to take child refugees

Saturday, 11 February 2017 3:19 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 11 February 2017 3:20 AM ]

This file photo taken on March 24, 2016 shows children queuing for food distributed at a makeshift camp occupied by migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on March 24, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Camilia Shambayati
Press TV, London

The British government has backed down on a pledge to help thousands of lone refugee children seeking shelter in the UK. Campaigners are calling on Prime Minister Theresa May to take immediate steps to take in more child refugees. Press TV correspondent Camilia Shambayati reports from London.

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