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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.
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94 Responses to “Poll: Should Britain take in more refugees?”
clair hugs
if it was inherited money are you saying there parents did not work for it a lot of jealous people about
Tony
All I have to say no no no
stonecold316
how can we take in people into our country when there our homeless people all over Britain not enough housing people having to rely on food banks to live pensioners who cannot afford to eat and put heating on to keep warm and a crippling nhs working to breaking point but of course our government can find billions pounds for foreign aid bringing more people into our country just not answer they should be trying to resolve the problem in Syria and having safe camps there for people to go.
jaazee
Hundreds of thousands on their way to “FREEdom”; free food, healthcare,welfare.education, beyond what they could ever have in their countries.
According to the United Nations (link below) “there are currently some 43 million uprooted victims of conflict and persecution worldwide. More than 15 million of them are refugees who have fled their countries, while another 27 million are people who remain displaced by conflict inside their own homelands — so-called “internally displaced people”.
Given the magnet of European country welfare systems, offering welfare, food, healthcare, education for their children, I would think that millions would be soon making the “trek of tears” across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya,and from Turkey. Migrants are coming from as far away as Pakistan and Afghanistan! People are throwing away their papers in an effort to represent themselves as Syrian!
Countries are seeing major impact on their culture, their quality of life. Holland is not longer the land of windmills and tulips, but a huge amount of internal strife it would appear from a “political advertisement posted.” Is this YOUR near-term future; is America next?
http://linkis.com/www.youtube.com/4aSMC
We are witnessing only the initial thousands of migrants and already the system is starting to choke.
When tens of thousands become hundreds of thousands, become millions, will the EU hold. will internal politics see major upheaval?
http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/refugees/overviewofforceddisplacement.html
Poll: Should Britain take in more refugees? https://leftfootforward.org/2015/09/poll-should-britain-take-in-more-refugees/
Jane
I have compassion and do not object to genuine Refugees seeking safety in this Country but I do have concerns over thousands and thousand of immigrants seeking a better life here. I am one of many people experiencing the effects of government cut backs and worry about the pressure this will bring on the NHS, our housing, education and our taxes. In my profession, I am amazed at the significant increase in requests for Interpreters for people who are unable to speak any English. The costs are unbelievable and yet our staffing levels are at their ever lowest due to insufficient funds in the local authority. As a person who has always thought with their heart and emotions, I can now appreciate that some decisions have to be thought with the head. I still remain in favour of providing aid to the genuine people that need our help but I think we have to look at the long term picture and realise that accepting everybody and anybody into this country is not the answer or long term solution. From a security point of view, I have concerns also.