France Says Britain Has 'moral Duty' On Calais Migrant Children

PARIS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Oct, 2016 ) : Britain has a "moral duty" to let hundreds of migrant children join their relatives across the Channel, France said Monday, days before the notorious "Jungle" camp in Calais is due to be bulldozed.

Campaigners are worried about the fate of unaccompanied child migrants, some as young as eight, at the sprawling shanty town on the north coast of France, once the authorities dismantle the site.

"I am solemnly asking Britain to assume its moral duty," French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told RTL radio ahead of talks in London with British counterpart Amber Rudd.

After meeting Cazeneuve later Monday, Rudd said that while Britain was ready to cooperate, it was still waiting for France to deliver a list of the children concerned.

"There are several hundred unaccompanied minors in Calais who have family in Britain," Cazeneuve told RTL. "We are in the process of drawing up a precise list and the British need to live up to their responsibilities.