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Nicola Sturgeon to meet foreign secretary to discuss Syria and EU Sturgeon: Scotland 'willing and able' to take refugees immediately
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First minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to meet Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to discuss the refugee crisis and the EU referendum. Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland is ''willing and able'' to take a share of Syrian refugees immediately.
The UK government has pledged to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years. The first minister was speaking following a meeting with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
However, Ms Sturgeon believes more can be done, especially to help those who have already made it to Europe and are seeking asylum. She said Scotland could take a "proportionate number" of refugees, about 2,000, as part of the UK government's resettlement programme.
The pair will also discuss the EU vote, a date for which has yet to be set. The UK government has pledged to take 20,000 refugees from camps Syria's borders over the next five years.
Ms Sturgeon has called for more to be done over the refugee crisis, including help for those refugees who have already arrived in Europe in their thousands and are seeking asylum.
Ms Sturgeon and Mr Hammond were also due to discuss the EU vote, a date for which has yet to be set.
The SNP government said it would campaign in favour of remaining within the European Union.The SNP government said it would campaign in favour of remaining within the European Union.
Ministers in Edinburgh believed it would be wrong for the UK to leave unless a majority of voters from each of the nations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland backed it.Ministers in Edinburgh believed it would be wrong for the UK to leave unless a majority of voters from each of the nations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland backed it.