European migrant crisis: Uber and Save the Children partner for #UberGiving donations on-demand to help refugees September 8, 2015 Uber has partnered with charity Save the Children to allow people to provide donations on-demand, with the aim of helping refugees fleeing Syria and other displaced people. The startup, better known for providing rides through its app, is now using its ubiquity across European cities to help people make donations to charities across the continent. [...]
EU migrant crisis: Germany can pay for incoming migrants without taking on new debt, says finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble September 8, 2015 Today, German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble offered words of relief to taxpayers over the country's huge migrant influx. During a parliamentary debate, he said Germany would not need to borrow any money to pay for the more than half a million refugees the country intends take in every year. Read more: David Cameron: Britain [...]
David Cameron: Britain will take up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the next five years September 7, 2015 Britain will admit up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK over the course of the next five years, David Cameron said today. The government will accept asylum seekers from refugee camps in and around Syria, granting resettled people five-year humanitarian protection visas. "Vulnerable children", especially orphans, would be the government's priority, Cameron said The [...]
EU migrant crisis: Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper urges government to accept 50,000 refugees September 7, 2015 As David Cameron prepares to outline details of how many refugees the UK will take in parliament later today, labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper has indicated that 50,000 or more refugees should be accepted into the country. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Cooper commended Cameron’s anticipated statement today accepting more refugees: “That would [...]
EU Migrant crisis: Prime Minister David Cameron to outline UK plan for refugees September 7, 2015 As MPs return from the summer recess, the Prime Minister is set to outline details of government plans to accept more refugees into the UK, the BBC has reported. Cameron is expected to say how many people will be accepted in more detail and who exactly will be accepted, as well as outlining plans of [...]
EU migrant crisis: This is how the chancellor plans to pay for thousands of incoming refugees September 6, 2015 George Osborne plans to pay for thousands of incoming refugees by dipping into the UK's £12bn international aid budget. In an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr show today, the chancellor said he would use some of this money to help local councils house the refugees: The foreign aid budget can provide the [...]
EU referendum: More Britons are now in favour of leaving the EU than remaining in it, and the “no” camp is set to grow even further if the migrant crisis worsens September 6, 2015 The EU “no” camp is gaining strength among British voters, a new Survation poll reveals. If a referendum on membership took place today, 43 per cent of Britons would opt to leave the bloc, while 40 per cent would choose to stay and 17 per cent are undecided about how they would vote. The results are [...]
EU migrant crisis: Labour leadership candidates Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn say they will share their homes with Syrian refugees September 5, 2015 Following the example of the Finnish Prime Minister, Labour leadership hopefuls Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn have said they will share their homes with Syrian refugees. Read more: Londoners organise a march on Downing Street to urge government to welcome refugees Speaking to Channel 4 News, both candidates said they would emulate efforts made by [...]
EU migrant crisis: Over 40 councils ready to offer sanctuary to Syrian refugees, says Yvette Cooper September 5, 2015 Over 40 local councils around the UK have said they are ready to offer sanctuary to Syrian refugees who have fled in fear of their lives, Labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper has said. Cooper, who earlier this week called on the UK to take 10,000 refugees, said councils replied within 24 hours for each to [...]
EU migrant crisis: Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris wants to buy an island to house Syrian refugees September 5, 2015 David Cameron may be struggling to come up with a solution to the escalating refugee crisis, but one billionaire has an idea that he thinks might just work. Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris has offered to buy an island – from “Greece or Italy”, make it independent and let Syrian refugees make it their [...]