A Petition has now been launched proposing that Jersey should welcome refugee children to this Island.
JCRAG has recorded the entire event and this will be posted in due course elsewhere.
Videos from the meeting -
Lord Dubs - about 13 minutes
Senator Sam Mezec - Jersey Minister for Children - about 5 minutes
Deborah McMillan - Jersey Commissioner for Children - about 7 minutes
"Safe Passage" partial presentation - about 3 minutes
"What Next" - announcing the Jersey Petition and future plans and inviting questions from the floor (not recorded here).
On Tuesday 22 March Lord Dubs was due to meet with Jersey's Chief Minister Senator Le Fondre.
The same day from 11 am there was a Scrutiny hearing with Jersey's Minister for International Development including Overseas Aid.
This touched upon many of the matters discussed at the meeting with Lord Dubs and specifically discussed whether refugee children should be welcomed to Jersey.
Anybody interested in these matters should refer to the video recording of the Scrutiny hearing for 11 am on 22 March 2019.
The matter of refugee children occurs in the final 15 minutes of the recording - but please note that there are two hearings commencing at 11 am that same day so there may be some confusion.
The link to the relevant Scrutiny hearing video will appear in the comments box after this posting.
The sound quality is good.
This should be the link to the relevant Scrutiny hearing with Carolyn Labey the Minister for International Development which includes Overseas Aid
ReplyDeleteIt is now archived and available to view. The most relevant part regarding Jersey and Refugee Children appears in the final 15 minutes but the whole recording raises some very interesting matters and should be widely viewed...
https://statesassembly.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/413571
I have received an anonymous comment to this post relating to the "Bibi Blasphemy case". It is not directly a response to the subject matter.
ReplyDeleteI - Mike Dun - will publish this is if the author provides his or her identity for publication.