“Syrian refugees in migrant camp should not have been allowed in UK - UK High Court

Lawyers had successfully argued that the regulation was not working properly and an immigration judge ruled, the boys, who had been traumatised by their experiences, should be allowed to live in the UK while their cases were considered.

Syrian refugees living in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp should not have been allowed to come to the UK, the High Court has ruled.

In a landmark case earlier this year, a judge ruled three teenagers and a 26-year-old man suffering mental health problems should be allowed to join relatives living in Britain.

The court heard that the boys faced conditions that were akin to "living hell" in the French migrant camps and should be immediately brought to the UK.

That decision was hailed as groundbreaking by refugee welfare groups, who had said they hoped it would pave the way for other families separated by war in Syria to be reunited.

However, three Court of Appeal judges upheld the Home Office appeal against the decision. 

The man and the three teenagers are already in the UK but will not face deportation, the judges said.

Under an EU law called the Dublin Regulation, asylum claims must be made in the country refugees arrive in but children can have their claims transferred to another country if relatives are already living there.