28/01/2016 Newsround

Good afternoon, it's Hayley here with your Thursday afternoon

More child refugees from the Middle Eastern country

of Syria will be allowed to come to the UK to live.

The Government will invite kids who've been separated

from their families and are currently living in refugee

camps, not those who've already made the journey to Europe.

War and conflict in Syria in the Middle East has sent

thousands of people, many of them children,

looking for safety in other countries.

Some have travelled to Europe, making the dangerous journey

Children can get split up from their families and end

Others are living in refugee camps in countries neighbouring Syria -

Here they live in tents and shelters.

Last year the Government said that it would allow 20,000 people

from camps like these to live in the UK.

Today they've said more children who have been separated

from their families will also be able to come.

The Government's already said it will take 20,000 refugees and

resettle them in the United Kingdom over the next five years. But

they've come under pressure to do more, especially for children,

who've travelled to Europe on their own. Today Ministers responded to

that. They said they would give more help, but they are not putting a

precise figure on it. They want to focus on those children who've in

camps around Syria, in countries like Jordan and Lebanon. Ministers

say what they don't want to do is to encourage more families to make a

very dangerous journey across Europe. Our political parties such

as Labour say they need to help the children who are already here in

Europe. They say they need our help, too. Some charities like Save the

Children are worried. The war in Syria has been going on nearly five

years now. That's a really long time. Lots of children have already

thread that area to try to escape it. It is good news that the

Government wants to help those children but it is important they

help the children who've already fled and made their way to Europe.

The details are not clear but more vulnerable children will be able to

start a new life in the UK. However, there are still big worries that

there are many thousands more already in Europe still at risk.

Did you know that around the country right now there are thousands

of children like you caring for their mum or dad?

They're called young carers and take on a lot of the jobs around

They do this because their mum or dad isn't well enough to do

Charlotte is a young carer who looks after her mum.

One of the first elements I remember about caring for my mum was she

never used to be able to do the things other mumgs would do. Often

things would become way too much for for her and she would have to lie

down and withdraw. As a kid that would make me feel bad, so I try to

make her happy and draw stuff for her to lighten her mood. I would see

other mums lifting up their kids and going running with them. I would be

like, why can't mum do that for me? There was an absence of this kind of

fun-loving mumming that I used to know. But she couldn't help it. I

don't blame her for that but I knew something wasn't that. A certain

teacher that really helped me realise that something was wrong.

She was one of the first people I ever told and I got support that I

needed. I just broke down in tears. I want sad. Sad. It was the realise

that that was what's wrong. That the point there was just kind of a, oh

my God, that's what's wrong She nodded ot me and said, that's OK,

and we are going to work through this. It sounds really cliched but

at that moment I really didn't feel like I was completely alone any

more. There's a lot of experiences to be had. Some of them are going to

be good and some bad. But that's OK, as being a young carer made me who I

am. I wouldn't be half as resilient if I hadn't gone through that. I

know how to deal with the disappointments and anxieties. I've

seen my mum go through it and I've had to go through it with her. Head

to the Newsround website if you want to know more about the help

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