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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Migrant policies ‘creating more barriers to child safety’, says charity

Kate O’Neill of Project Play said the situation had not improved under the Labour Government (Gareth Fuller/PA Wire) -

Conditions at the UK-France border are becoming “more dangerous” for young people, a charity has warned, after it was revealed that at least 15 children died trying to cross the Channel last year.

Young children hide under tables when they think they hear the sound of sirens because they are commonly scared of the police, according to organisation Project Play, who raised concerns of teargas and evictions.

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