The UK will provide resettlement to “thousands more Syrian refugees”, David Cameron has announced.
The Conservative government continues to ignore calls from across the political spectrum for the UK to welcome more Syrian refugees.
Prime Minister David Cameron has ignored calls from across the continent for the UK to do its part and help house a greater proportion of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have made their way into Europe in recent months.
Thousands of migrants and refugees have arrived in mainland Greece, as European leaders squabble over how to defuse growing crisis.
More than 12,000 Icelanders have offered to open their homes or provide other assistance to Syrian refugees after their government said they would only take in 50 people form the war-torn country.