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Mike Penrose, Unicef UK Executive Director, responded to Home Secretary, Amber Rudd's Conservative Party Conference Speech,

"We welcome the Home Secretary's renewed commitment to help the children trapped in Calais with a right to be in the UK. 

"A child is a child and given the awful experiences of unaccompanied refugee children on our border this is the right priority. We look forward to seeing the necessary action to get these children to safety.

"The Home Secretary is also right to celebrate the modern slavery act and we share with the her the ambition to end this barbaric practice."

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Unicef is the world’s leading organisation for children, promoting the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. Unicef UK raises funds to protect children in danger, transform their lives and build a safer world for tomorrow’s children.  As a registered charity we raise funds through donations from individuals, organisations and companies and we lobby and campaign to keep children safe. Unicef UK also runs programmes in schools, hospitals and with local authorities in the UK. For more information please visit unicef.org.uk