http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/britain-to-take-more-refugees-as-cameron-bows-to-pressure-after-more-than-100000-back-our-campaign-10485195.html
Britain to take more refugees as Cameron bows to pressure
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| David Cameron bows to pressure |
Cameron "bows to pressure" and is expected to announce that Britain will
accept more than a thousand refugees from UNHCR camps on the border of
Syria. A "knee jerk" reaction forced upon him by public and political
pressure, to a problem he should have been addressing for months. Even
then, Cameron leaps to the wrong conclusion either by accident or more
probably design, and fails to recognise the reality.
The refugees in the
UNHCR camps on the borders of Syria, although not l
iving
in the lap of luxury, have the basic necessities of food, shelter,
water, sanitation and medical care provided by the UN and other
voluntary organisations.
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| Refugees wait to board a train at Budapest |
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| Bicske station |
The refugees in Bicske station, in Keleti
terminus in Budapest, on the Serbian border, and in Greece, however, do
not have even the basics of acceptable facilities. The problem is not on
the borders of Syria in UN refugee camps. The problem is now, today and
it is in Europe. It is this immediate problem that David Cameron should
be addressing,rather than seeking to pacify public criticism with
spineless gestures and patronising phrases.
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