Alone in Paris, refugee children frantic to see their British families

This year's Christmas Appeal supports three refugee charities. Two boys in France who are being helped to make to make their UK asylum claims talk about their lives and dreams• Donate to the Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal From a distance, he seemed strangely well fed for a child who had been travelling alone for 18 months. Closer, it became evident that Hassan was only trying to stay alive. Wrapped around the 16-year-old's slender frame were seven coats. The outer layer, a quilted puff...