The Calais clean-up mission is accomplished. In May the Home Office confirmed that 3,000 child asylum seekers had been returned to conflict-torn countries in the past decade: today many single-minded children are back, trying for a second time. On Thursday, British charity Calais Action said ‘We are begging the French authorities to actually do something about the refugee children, but nothing is done.’ 1,500 minors have been processed; the remaining under-16s are in a small fenced-off ‘container village’. Hundreds are to be brought from Calais in coming weeks, but one in four UK local authorities ‘cannot take responsibility for them’. On 19 November the bishops of Manchester and Stockport will host a conference aiming to equip churches and communities to respond practically to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers. The Church of England said that the ‘conference will help people explore how they might welcome more effectively people who have been displaced and are seeking refuge.’ See: