The British and French governments were accused of breaching children’s human rights as up to 50 teenagers were abandoned by authorities in Calais and forced into an industrial estate near the cleared-out refugee camp to sleep in makeshift conditions.
The teenagers were lured out of the site of the camp in the afternoon with the promise of transport to a reception centre where they could be assessed for asylum or reunification with families in the UK.
However, after an hour no bus had arrived. Police units emerged in force with riot shields, teargas and taser guns and began to kettle the group, pressing them into a side street in an industrial estate. Some of the refugees were in tears as it appeared that they would be sleeping on the streets again.
The prospect of dozens of refugee children being stranded outside for a second night triggered a high-level protest from the British government and a demand that the children be provided with an immediate safe place to go.
They'll turn into criminals and the governments will have no one to blame but themselves. Europe's handling of the refugee crisis has been a total mess.
