Extract from Lords debate on Migrant Children: Welfare - Jul 9
Wednesday, 10 July 2019 08:07
Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD):...The worst suffering of children
was probably during the last world war. Yad Vashem in Jerusalem
commemorates the atrocities. Some 6 million Jewish people
were exterminated, including nearly 2 million children. At the
memorial, you go into a dark tunnel and there are lights, each of
which represents a child, and their names are read out. It is
terrible that the world has treated its children this way. I pray,
“Father, forgive” when I think of so...Request free trial
(LD):...The
worst suffering of children was probably during the last world war.
Yad Vashem in Jerusalem commemorates the atrocities. Some 6
million Jewish people were exterminated, including
nearly 2 million children. At the memorial, you go into a dark
tunnel and there are lights, each of which represents a child, and
their names are read out. It is terrible that the world has treated
its children this way. I pray, “Father, forgive” when I think of so
much that has happened. The whole situation is one that we must
avoid in the future, as one part of our political establishment
seeks to divide, rather than unite and co-operate. We must look at
the Home Office, and the decisions that create heartache when
families are threatened with deportation. Even though I have been
promised changes, the latest figure is that over 50% of Home Office
decisions are overturned on appeal. This must cause great sadness,
even to kids, who wonder what is happening, who at school are
asked, “What does your father do?”, and say, “He’s not allowed to
work. He’s got to be here 12 months. He might be able to work
then”. They come into school knowing they have no money to go on
trips and no clothes that could be described as their best...
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