Amelia Gentleman
Amelia Gentleman writes on social affairs. She won the George Orwell prize 2012 and Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2011. Previously she was New Delhi correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, and Paris and Moscow correspondent for the Guardian
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'My worries are not over': diary of a 16-year-old Afghan refugeeOmran arrived in the UK from Afghanistan in April. Does it feel like home?
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More than 1,000 children left in Calais camp, say charitiesVolunteers say ‘stressed and confused’ child refugees are being housed in temporary shipping containers at demolished site
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Calais: French and British officials keep passing the buck to the very endWhat should have been a small, manageable crisis became a long, drawn-out tale of chaos and dismay, with lone child refugees its biggest victims
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Calais minors lured from camp then abandoned by authoritiesUK and France accused of breaching human rights as children forced to sleep in makeshift conditions for second night
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Calais camp: police detain young people amid chaotic scenesPanic and confusion in camp as charities are told police will arrest anyone remaining on site without registration bracelet
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France urged to house children living alone in Calais campChildren’s commissioners call on French government to rescue 1,000 asylum-seeking children as a matter of urgency
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Calais refugee children abandoning plans to reach UKAround 95% of unaccompanied children now say they want to remain in France compared with 15% last year, charity says
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UK delays resulting in exploitation of Calais children, says anti-slavery chiefKevin Hyland says lack of urgency in UK response has left unaccompanied children vulnerable
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Afghan boy killed in Calais in attempt to climb on to lorry to UK14-year-old dies in hit-and-run incident after falling into the road while trying climb on to the roof a vehicle bound for Dover
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UK and French authorities 'blind' to growing problems in Calais campAid agencies and hauliers fear overcrowding and hunger will spark serious violence in French refugee camp
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