The amendment to the Brexit bill would have guaranteed unaccompanied young refugees the right to be reunited with families living in the UK after Brexit.
This had been part of the previous government’s version of the Brexit bill, but had been removed after the Conservatives’ landslide general election victory in December.
The amendment to guarantee child refugee rights was rejected by MPs by 348 to 252 votes.
Thangam Debbonaire, the Labour whip speaking in support of the amendment, said that the removal of rights for child refugees in the Brexit bill was “an astonishing breach of faith with some of the most vulnerable children in the world”.
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