Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper brands Government policy “shameful”

Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper

The SNP benches erupted in spontaneous applause yesterday as former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told the prime minister his policy was “putting the country to shame”.

Some MPs also leapt to their feet as she questioned David Cameron’s suggestion unaccompanied child refugees in Europe are safe.

The Labour MP, who chairs her party’s refugee task force, asked: “There are children’s homes full in Italy and Greece and over 1,000 children will sleep rough in Greece alone tonight, how are they safe?

“Ten thousand children have disappeared in Europe, how are they safe?

“The agencies say that children are committing survival sex, they are being abused, subject to prostitution and rape. It is not insulting other European countries to offer to help, they want us to help.”

Mr Cameron defended the Government’s position, adding: “We have a proud record and nothing to be ashamed of.

“I would say the crucial point is this, how do we in Britain best help child refugees?

“We think we help them by taking them from the refugee camps, taking them from Lebanon, taking them from Jordan.”

Labour peer Lord Dubs, who has led the call for the UK to take in more vulnerable children from Europe, was among the child refugees to arrive in war-time Britain on a Kindertransport train.