Nearly 1,500 Calais refugee children evacuated from camp, with nearly 700 expected for British asylum

 
Nearly 700 child migrants from the now-demolished Calais migrants camp could be given asylum in Britain, according to charities.

Four in 10 of 1,600 children bussed out of the remains of the camp yesterday[wed] say that they have relatives in the UK, and Whitehall sources suggested that as many as half could successfully claim asylum.

Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, has said that "several hundred" will come but Home Office sources denied that Britain will take half of them.