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The pictures of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy found washed up on a beach in Antalya, Turkey, appear to have (finally) brought it home to the British commentariat that more must be done to help those refugees currently fleeing from war and dictatorship.
As such, David Cameron is coming under increasing pressure to let in more refugees. Up to now the prime minister has responded that Britain is doing a great deal to help refugees – but by spending money on aid to be sent to the areas where people are fleeing in the first place.
But are the prime minister’s critics right – should Britain take in more refugees? Or is Britain, as the PM likes to point out, already doing its bit?
Have your say – the results of the poll will be published early next week.
94 Responses to “Poll: Should Britain take in more refugees?”
Selohesra
If we hadn’t had >300K net migration over last year we might have more capacity for these people . Time to reclaim our borders by leaving EU and then be welcoming to more of the truly needy including those from Syria
Roy
They are not refugees, they are economic migrants.
I'm very cross about this.
So Yvette’s plan is we take in 10 thousand immigrants and the swarm in Calais will say ‘OK Britain’s done its share’ and go away. Sounds like a good plan Yvette, what could possibly go wrong?
mr_fatty
They are not economic migrants. They are refugees. (You just don’t get it, do you?)
john ingamells
Sorry Roy,you have clearly not bothered to check the news that a significant war has been occurring in Syria which has spilled back over to Iraq. At the same time our country with others removed the leader of Libya which has left a failed state. Significant refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon were intended for short term but 4 years on these people have been living in tents for that period. By economic migrants I assume your logic would be the same for Jews and other persecuted countries during the second war coming to the UK for economic rather than life preservation reasons! The one thing these people are not considering is trying to get to Europe for benefits or jobs, but frankly Roy, in their circumstances I am uncertain as to how you could say you would not look for a country offering hope and safety. These people believe they will be welcomed by Europe and especially Germany. As Germany has shown compassion and humanity like Iceland.They are trying to escape from Hungary where they are being made very unwelcome, to get to these destinations. Any human being escaping war and murder is hoping for refuge first and anyThing that follows from this is coincidental. The prime minister is making it clear he doesn’t have the humanity to help refugees in the UK and believes he has majority support. I hope he is wrong or this country has reached a level lower than I had even suspected!