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The Government has agreed to take in up to 300 unaccompanied refugee children from the squalid camp even if they do not have a family link already in Britain under the Dubs amendment. The Dubs amendment, named after Lord Alf Dubs, follows a change to the Immigration Act which grants vulnerable unaccompanied child migrants safe passage into Britain if it is in their best interests. They were among the latest wave of some 70 new young arrivals to cross the English Channel under the landmark Dubs amendment. This wave of child migrants follows the arrival of scores of other juvenile refugees earlier last week, which caused widespread controversy due to the fact many of them appeared to be adults.

GETTY The Calais Jungle will be bulldozed by the French Government this week

It's great to see government acting and transferring these children to Britain Bishop Jonathan Clark, spokesman for Citizens UK

Previously all the young refugees who have arrived in Britain have been brought under the Dublin regulations, which require the children to have family resident in the UK. On the latest arrivals at a Home Office building in Croydon, south London, Bishop Jonathan Clark, spokesman for Citizens UK, said: "It's great to see government acting on what Citizens UK have been calling for and transferring these children to Britain. "Not just children seeking to reunite with their families, but also the most vulnerable who are at last being transferred to Britain under the provisions of the Dubs amendment, including many young girls, who have arrived today. "Of course this is just a very small proportion of the unaccompanied children out there and less than 1 per cent of the total number of people in the Calais camp now, the vast majority of whom will be claiming asylum in France as they should.

GETTY Demonstrators outside Lunar House in Croydon

SWNS Many have questioned the ages of the children, saying some look considerably older than teenagers

Migrant 'children' from 'Jungle Camp' arrive in the UK Wed, October 19, 2016 Migrant 'children' from the 'Jungle Camp' in Calais arrive in the UK to be reunited with relatives. Play slideshow 1 of 26

The latest arrivals came as demolition teams prepare to move into "the Jungle" on Monday to clear the estimated 6,500 inhabitants who will be relocated to reception centres across France. Police have been forced to fire tear gas at stone-throwing migrants as they dismantled the site. Dover Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke said the camp must never be allowed to re-emerge. He said: "The Jungle must be fully dismantled - never to return. This time they need to see it through. We must end the Calais migrant magnet."

SWNS A young refugee from the Calais Jungle camp arrives in Croydon earlier this week