Calais Jungle crisis: Most Express & Star readers support child migrants coming to their town

More than 17,000 people voted in our online poll on moves to settle unaccompanied youngsters in the Black Country and Staffordshire.

Here are the latest results:

And hundreds of people have given their views online over the issue as the sprawling camp was dismantled on the French coast – including whether age testing should be used to block imposters.

On the Express & Star's Facebook page, Mike Bailey said: "We don't need anymore in the country we have more than enough. We have our own people homeless and on the streets yet they get left in the kerb whilst foreigners are welcomed with open arms. Get a grip UK."

William John Jukes said: "If the roles were reversed and our children were being handled like cattle, how would we feel?

"Adults that are posing as children should be booted as far away from Britain as possible, but vulnerable little children who through no fault of their own have been dragged to this hell hole at the jungle,should be given a chance of a safe happy life.

"Test them by all means, but do it fairly, and don't piddle about deporting any imposters."

Dawn Jones added: "The people who are arriving are probably wrongly being referred to as children, (more likely adolescents or in some cases adults), who will inevitably end up in our education system based on the age that's provided. From a safeguarding point of view, any 'adult' that is around young people in a school or club have to be checked before they can be allowed in the building don't they?"

Stu Davies said: "If they really are children then there's no problem, they're welcome here."

Adrian Kite commented: "We don't want any of them. There are no places in our schools as it is, we can't get doctors appointments because they're stretched and the hospitals can't cope."

John Davenport asked: "Haven't these children suffered enough?"

Darryl Magher remarked: "There shouldn't be any whilst we have homeless and children being neglected and let down by services. The disabled, vulnerable and elderly are struggling to access services.....will it be the same for these 'migrants'...doubt it, they'll have advisors and key workers assigned for sure."

But Lynne Peart added: "Absolutely disgusting. I hope if the UK ever finds itself in Syria's position people are more loving and welcoming towards us. What a nasty bunch the UK citizens are."

The poll has been running on Expressandstar.com since the start of the week and has been one of the most popular.

Earlier this week Roger Lawrence, chairman of the West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership, said he was expecting a 'ver small number' of migrant children to arrive in the Black Country and Staffordshire from the Calais camp.

He said each borough was looking at between none and five over the next few weeks.

Councillor Lawrence, who is also leader of Wolverhampton council, said the costs associated with taking the migrants was being met by a central government and would not impact on local services.

But councillor Mike Bird, leader of the Conservative opposition group on Walsall Council, raised concerns.

He said local authorities social services were already struggling.

He backed calls for the migrants to be age tested.