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David Cameron will respond to growing international and domestic demands that Britain take more refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war by announcing that Britain will take thousands more refugees. David Cameron will respond to growing international and domestic demands that Britain take more refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war by announcing that the UK will take in thousands more.
Final details of the numbers, funding and planned location are being urgently thrashed out in Whitehall.Final details of the numbers, funding and planned location are being urgently thrashed out in Whitehall.
Related: Germany and France demand binding refugee quotas for EU membersRelated: Germany and France demand binding refugee quotas for EU members
Those selected to come to the UK will be drawn from the UNHCR camps on the border of Syria. It is not expected that the UK will allow the number to to be as high as tens of thousands. Those selected to come to the UK will be drawn from the UNHCR camps on the border of Syria. It is not expected that the UK will allow the number to be as high as tens of thousands.
Cameron remains convinced that accepting large number of Syrian refugees who are already in Europe will make the crisis worse and encourage more chaos, since it will only incentivise more people to undertake the risky journey from the Middle East. Cameron remains convinced that accepting large numbers of Syrian refugees who are already in Europe will make the crisis worse and encourage more chaos, since it will only incentivise more people to undertake the risky journey from the Middle East.
Downing Street officials acknowledge that Cameron has been moved to act by the gathering change in public mood brought to a head by the publication of photos showing a dead Syrian boy washed up on a beach in Turkey. Downing Street officials acknowledge that Cameron has been moved to act by the gathering change in the public mood, brought to a head by the publication of photos showing a dead Syrian boy washed up on a beach in Turkey.
The refugees will be taken from in-country refugee camps, probably under an existing Home Office vulnerable person relocation scheme administered in conjunction with the UNHCR that resettles Syrians placed in camps on the Syrian border. Only 200 have been taken under this scheme, but Britain has taken over 4,000 including Syrians. The refugees will be taken from in-country refugee camps, probably under an existing Home Office vulnerable person relocation scheme administered in conjunction with the UNHCR that resettles Syrians placed in camps on the Syrian border. Only 200 have been taken under this scheme.
From the beginning of the Syrian crisis in early 2011 to the second quarter of 2015, the UK granted asylum or another form of humanitarian protection to just under 5,000 Syrians in the initial decision made on their application. From the beginning of the Syrian crisis in early 2011 to the second quarter of 2015, the UK had granted asylum, or another form of humanitarian protection, to just under 5,000 Syrians in the initial decision on their application.
Earlier on Thursday, France and Germany called on the EU to force member countries to take obligatory quotas of refugees and asylum seekers.Earlier on Thursday, France and Germany called on the EU to force member countries to take obligatory quotas of refugees and asylum seekers.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said the French-German position represented a “sharing of duty … the principle of solidarity” while on a visit to Switzerland on Thursday. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said during a visit to Switzerland that the French-German position represented a “sharing of duty … the principle of solidarity”.
Shortly afterwards, François Hollande, the French president, said there should be a “permanent and obligatory mechanism” for the accepting of refugees. He carefully avoided using the word “quota”.Shortly afterwards, François Hollande, the French president, said there should be a “permanent and obligatory mechanism” for the accepting of refugees. He carefully avoided using the word “quota”.
Tensions between EU member states have risen in recent days as 3,000 people camped outside the Keleti railway station in Budapest hoping to be allowed to travel to Germany following its declaration that Syrians who reach the country will be allowed to stay.Tensions between EU member states have risen in recent days as 3,000 people camped outside the Keleti railway station in Budapest hoping to be allowed to travel to Germany following its declaration that Syrians who reach the country will be allowed to stay.
On the edge of the EU’s borders, the father of a Syrian boy who was photographed lying lifeless on a Turkish beach after his family attempted to reach the Greek island of Kos, said he is preparing to take the bodies of his two sons and wife to be buried in his home town of Kobani. On the edge of the EU’s borders, the father of the Syrian boy who was photographed lying lifeless on a Turkish beach after his family attempted to reach the Greek island of Kos, said he is preparing to take the bodies of his two sons and wife to be buried in his home town of Kobani.
Abdullah Kurdi said he no longer had any desire to continue on to Europe.Speaking outside the mortuary where the bodies of his two sons were being held, Kurdi said: “I just want to see my children for the last time and stay forever with them.” Abdullah Kurdi said he no longer had any desire to continue on to Europe. Speaking outside the mortuary where the bodies of his two sons were being held, Kurdi said: “I just want to see my children for the last time and stay forever with them.”
Cameron, on Thursday spoke of how moved he had been by the picture of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi. He said the UK would “fulfil our moral responsibilities”. Cameron had earlier spoken of how moved he had been by the picture of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi. He said the UK would “fulfil our moral responsibilities”.
The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, described the refugee emergency as a “wicked crisis” and said his “heart is broken” by the images of men, women and children fleeing persecution.
“We cannot turn our backs on this crisis,” Welby said. “We must respond with compassion. But we must also not be naive in claiming to have the answers to end it. It requires a pan-European response – which means a commitment to serious-minded diplomatic and political debate but not at the expense of practical action that meets the immediate needs of those most in need of our help.”