The report found that police violence has taught refugee children to fear the same authorities who should be protecting them, leaving the way open for smugglers and those who want to exploit the children, including traffickers.

Mohammed died in Oxfordshire in April 2015 when the lorry he had stowed away in ran him over. Having travelled from Iraq, the Kurdish teenager spent three months in the camps in Dunkirk before eventually smuggling himself to the UK under the wheel arches of the lorry. He was trying to reach his uncle, Shamal Silah in Manchester.

VPRS will now be extended to include refugees from the Middle East North Africa region and a total of 20,000 refugees are expected to be resettled by 2020. 

The hard work of Refugees Welcome supporters during the general election campaign paid off.

On news of the closure, Safe Passage initiated a mass action, supporting refugee welcome groups and communities across the country.

Not only has the UK failed to learn the lessons of Calais, or to set up a functioning family reunion system for those who have a legal right to come to the UK, but in some cases, the government has used the court system to try to keep out children with legal rights to transfer.

These boys have waited for months in reception centres in France with no explanation regarding the manner in which the family reunion decisions in their cases had been reached or how to initiate the procedure to review the decision.

MPs will vote on whether the government should re-consult with local authorities on their ability to accommodate vulnerable refugee children from Europe, effectively keeping the ‘Dub’s scheme’ open.