--- description: 14 unaccompanied minors arrived in London from the Calais 'jungle'. They're eligible to live in the U.K. because of close relatives there title: First Teenagers Arrive in London From Calais Jungle Camp image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82b1ca7204ed4310/6988aa308e0601915b467dd5/ap_591839278990.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # First Teenagers Arrive in London From Calais Jungle Camp by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 17, 2016 1:02 PM CUT  Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams speaks to reporters outside Croydon Minster, Croydon, as efforts to resettle migrant children from the Calais "Jungle" are stepped up. Picture date: Monday October 17, 2016. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams speaks to reporters outside Croydon Minster, Croydon, as efforts to resettle migrant children from the Calais "Jungle" are stepped up. Picture date: Monday October 17, 2016.Jonathan Brady—PA Wire/Press Association Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 17, 2016 1:02 PM CUT Fourteen unaccompanied minors arrived in London from the [Calais ‘jungle’](http://time.com/4499412/calais-jungle-migrant-dubs-amendment-un-summit/ "undefined") on Monday, following Interior Minister Amber Rudd’s announcement she wanted to see as many children as possible brought to Britain before the migrant camp is [demolished](http://time.com/4242065/calais-migrant-camp-france/ "undefined") around Nov. 1. The minors, whose names and ages have not been revealed, are the first group of children eligible to live in the country because they have close relatives there, [_Sky News_](http://news.sky.com/story/officials-at-calais-jungle-to-find-children-eligible-to-live-in-uk-10620532 "undefined") reports. They arrived at a government facility south of London to begin the formal registration process with civil servants. Some of their family members were said to be waiting in south London churches for them. Around 100 children are expected to arrive in the U.K. from the French refugee camp this week, including Afghans, Syrians and stateless Bidun children who originated from Kuwait, London’s [_Evening Standard_](http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/first-teenagers-arrive-in-london-from-calais-jungle-camp-a3370891.html "undefined")reports. Under E.U. legislation, any asylum seeker who is under 18 and has a parent, sibling or grandparent in the U.K, is entitled to be reunited with their family, but new legislation, called the Dubs Amendment, means some unaccompanied minors who do not have relatives in Britain may also be accepted. However, it is hard for children and teenagers in the camp to prove their age and that they are travelling alone, as many do not have passports or other forms of identification with them. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533056/calais-jungle-camp-teenagers-arrive-london/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533056/calais-jungle-camp-teenagers-arrive-london/"},"headline":"First Teenagers Arrive in London From Calais Jungle Camp","datePublished":"2016-10-17T13:02:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:17:07.119Z","description":"Around 100 children are expected to arrive in the U.K. this week","url":"https://time.com/4533056/calais-jungle-camp-teenagers-arrive-london/","keywords":["United Kingdom","migrants","Calais"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82b1ca7204ed4310/6988aa308e0601915b467dd5/ap_591839278990.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82b1ca7204ed4310/6988aa308e0601915b467dd5/ap_591839278990.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Migrant crisis","caption":"Migrant crisis","creditText":"Jonathan Brady—PA Wire/Press Association Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4533056/calais-jungle-camp-teenagers-arrive-london/","name":"First Teenagers Arrive in London From Calais Jungle Camp"}}]}] ```