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| Migrant crisis: Pressure mounts as UK urged to 'do more' | Migrant crisis: Pressure mounts as UK urged to 'do more' |
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| David Cameron is facing growing pressure at home and abroad for the UK to take in more of the many thousands of people fleeing to Europe. | |
| It comes after a picture of a dead boy lying on a Turkish beach sparked an outcry over the crisis's human cost. | It comes after a picture of a dead boy lying on a Turkish beach sparked an outcry over the crisis's human cost. |
| Ex-Tory party chairman Baroness Warsi said the UK should be prepared to "share the burden" and a senior UN official said the UK could "do more". | Ex-Tory party chairman Baroness Warsi said the UK should be prepared to "share the burden" and a senior UN official said the UK could "do more". |
| On Wednesday, the prime minister said taking more people was not the answer. | On Wednesday, the prime minister said taking more people was not the answer. |
| Instead, he argued, it was important to "bring peace and stability" to the parts of the world migrants were fleeing from, such as war-ravaged Syria. | Instead, he argued, it was important to "bring peace and stability" to the parts of the world migrants were fleeing from, such as war-ravaged Syria. |
| £900m aid | £900m aid |
| A number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take in more migrants, with backbencher David Burrowes saying the UK "should accept thousands, not hundreds" of people. | A number of Conservative MPs have called for the government to take in more migrants, with backbencher David Burrowes saying the UK "should accept thousands, not hundreds" of people. |
| Johnny Mercer, the Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View, said that mothers trying to keep their children afloat on life jackets should not think of the UK as a place that did not welcome them. | Johnny Mercer, the Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View, said that mothers trying to keep their children afloat on life jackets should not think of the UK as a place that did not welcome them. |
| And Stafford MP Jeremy Lefroy said he believed the UK should provide sanctuary to more refugees, alongside ongoing efforts to tackle the causes of the crisis. | |
| Analysis, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg | |
| Only the hardest of hearts would not be moved by the latest images of the people who have been caught up in the danger and chaos of this mass movement. | |
| Images of a toddler, washed up on a beach in Turkey, ram home the sometimes deadly consequences of what is going on. | |
| Right now though there seems little prospect of the UK government shifting its position on taking in more refugees, as EU leaders and Labour opponents have been calling for. | |
| Although these latest images are heart wrenching, David Cameron's conviction is that it's more effective to tackle the cause not the symptom of this crisis. | |
| Read more from Laura. | |
| However, a Downing Street source suggested to the BBC that calls for the UK to accept more refugees would not be heeded. | |
| The source said that since last year Britain had accepted 216 people under a scheme to relocate the most vulnerable refugees, and almost 5,000 Syrians had been granted asylum in the last four years. | The source said that since last year Britain had accepted 216 people under a scheme to relocate the most vulnerable refugees, and almost 5,000 Syrians had been granted asylum in the last four years. |
| The source added that £900m had been spent on aid in Syria and surrounding countries. | The source added that £900m had been spent on aid in Syria and surrounding countries. |
| 'Restore reputation' | 'Restore reputation' |
| Baroness Warsi, a former Foreign Office minister, said that while Britain had been "incredibly generous" in its support for Syrian refugees it could do more in response to the "unfolding crisis" in Europe. | Baroness Warsi, a former Foreign Office minister, said that while Britain had been "incredibly generous" in its support for Syrian refugees it could do more in response to the "unfolding crisis" in Europe. |
| She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Britain had a "long and proud" tradition of helping in times of crisis, and Britain should say to the rest of the Europe "that we will, too, share the burden". | She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Britain had a "long and proud" tradition of helping in times of crisis, and Britain should say to the rest of the Europe "that we will, too, share the burden". |
| Lady Warsi suggested the government should consider accepting more women and children refugees "genuinely" fleeing war and persecution - but that a "firm" line should be taken against economic migrants. | Lady Warsi suggested the government should consider accepting more women and children refugees "genuinely" fleeing war and persecution - but that a "firm" line should be taken against economic migrants. |
| "This is not about having an open door policy. This is about having quite a specific responsive policy in the areas for example that we have expertise," she told the BBC, drawing comparisons with the situation in the 1930s when thousands of unaccompanied children fleeing persecution in Europe were allowed in to the UK. | "This is not about having an open door policy. This is about having quite a specific responsive policy in the areas for example that we have expertise," she told the BBC, drawing comparisons with the situation in the 1930s when thousands of unaccompanied children fleeing persecution in Europe were allowed in to the UK. |
| Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham is urging Mr Cameron to call a debate and vote on the issue when Parliament returns from its summer recess next week. | Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham is urging Mr Cameron to call a debate and vote on the issue when Parliament returns from its summer recess next week. |
| He said: "David Cameron cannot continue to turn his back on the crisis. | He said: "David Cameron cannot continue to turn his back on the crisis. |
| "It is time for him to show leadership and restore Britain's reputation as a country that has always provided refuge to the vulnerable." | "It is time for him to show leadership and restore Britain's reputation as a country that has always provided refuge to the vulnerable." |
| Fellow candidate Yvette Cooper has written to Mr Cameron asking him to take in more refugees, and described the current situation as the "greatest humanitarian crisis to reach our continent since the Second World War". | Fellow candidate Yvette Cooper has written to Mr Cameron asking him to take in more refugees, and described the current situation as the "greatest humanitarian crisis to reach our continent since the Second World War". |
| Peter Sutherland, the United Nations special representative on international migration, said while some countries were "massively bearing the burden", the UK was among those that "can do more". | Peter Sutherland, the United Nations special representative on international migration, said while some countries were "massively bearing the burden", the UK was among those that "can do more". |
| He told BBC Newsnight: "The only way to solve this problem is by a united European response and that means sharing responsibility for appalling suffering. | He told BBC Newsnight: "The only way to solve this problem is by a united European response and that means sharing responsibility for appalling suffering. |
| "This is a humanitarian crisis that Europe has not experienced in our time, of a dimension which demands a common response." | "This is a humanitarian crisis that Europe has not experienced in our time, of a dimension which demands a common response." |
| He said that Germany, Sweden, France and Italy were all taking in more refugees, proportionate to their size, than the UK. | He said that Germany, Sweden, France and Italy were all taking in more refugees, proportionate to their size, than the UK. |
| 'Immense support' | 'Immense support' |
| But former Conservative International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell told the programme that the UK was providing an "immense amount of humanitarian support" to countries such as Syria. | But former Conservative International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell told the programme that the UK was providing an "immense amount of humanitarian support" to countries such as Syria. |
| "Were Britain not providing that support, there would be yet more hundreds of thousands of people coming out of that part of the world," he said. | "Were Britain not providing that support, there would be yet more hundreds of thousands of people coming out of that part of the world," he said. |
| He added that the UK had done "more than the whole of the EU put together in terms of financial support". | He added that the UK had done "more than the whole of the EU put together in terms of financial support". |
| Meanwhile, Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, is to meet European leaders in Brussels for talks later about the ongoing migrant crisis. Hundreds of migrants have been stranded at a railway station in Hungary's capital, Budapest. | Meanwhile, Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, is to meet European leaders in Brussels for talks later about the ongoing migrant crisis. Hundreds of migrants have been stranded at a railway station in Hungary's capital, Budapest. |
| They were prevented from getting on trains to leave Hungary, but the main railway station in Budapest has now opened its doors to those who have been gathered there for the past two days. | They were prevented from getting on trains to leave Hungary, but the main railway station in Budapest has now opened its doors to those who have been gathered there for the past two days. |
| Full coverage of Europe migrant crisis | Full coverage of Europe migrant crisis |
| EU migration: Crisis in graphics | EU migration: Crisis in graphics |
| In photos: One day across destination Europe | In photos: One day across destination Europe |
| The migrants who risk everything for a better life | The migrants who risk everything for a better life |
| Five obstacles to an EU migrants deal | Five obstacles to an EU migrants deal |
| Syrian's perilous journey to Sweden | Syrian's perilous journey to Sweden |
| Migrants or refugees? | Migrants or refugees? |
| The word migrant is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another". | The word migrant is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another". |
| A refugee is, according to the 1951 Refugee Convention, any person who "owing to a well-founded fear" of persecution is outside their country of nationality and "unable" or "unwilling" to seek the protection of that country. To gain the status, one has to go through the legal process of claiming asylum. | A refugee is, according to the 1951 Refugee Convention, any person who "owing to a well-founded fear" of persecution is outside their country of nationality and "unable" or "unwilling" to seek the protection of that country. To gain the status, one has to go through the legal process of claiming asylum. |
| The word migrant has traditionally been considered a neutral term, but some criticise the BBC and other media for using a word they say implies something voluntary, and should not be applied to people fleeing danger. | The word migrant has traditionally been considered a neutral term, but some criticise the BBC and other media for using a word they say implies something voluntary, and should not be applied to people fleeing danger. |
| Battle over words to describe migrants | Battle over words to describe migrants |