EU migrant crisis: Prime Minister David Cameron adds £100m of aid funding to help Syrian refugee camps September 4, 2015 Amid growing pressure from fellow politicians and the public, David Cameron has announced an extra £100m of aid to fund refugee camps for those fleeing the Syrian war. At a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Cameron said “Britain will act with head and heart”, taking total UK spending to £1bn. We [...]
The refugee crisis, the EU referendum and London’s skyline: Here’s what got us talking this week September 4, 2015 There was a fine wine scam. There was a Circle Line travelator (in the making). And somewhere in Japan, people started seeing the world from a cat's perspective. Here's what got us talking this week 1) The refugee crisis Disturbing images of dead toddler Aylan Kurdi galvanised the world into action over the Syrian refugee [...]
EU migrant crisis: There can be a place in the sun for refugees in the streets of Athens and throughout Europe September 4, 2015 Spending a day with refugees from war, poverty and discrimination should be a requirement for citizens of a civilised democratic society. Thousands arrive daily at Italian and Greek shores. Some drown before they arrive, while others die in traffickers’ sardine-can lorries. For those who do make it through, there's tear-gas, attacks and potential detention. But [...]
EU migrant crisis: Prime Minister David Cameron announces Britain will accept “thousands” more refugees in Syria U-turn September 4, 2015 David Cameron has announced that Britain will accept "thousands" more refugees, having bowed to pressure over the humanitarian crisis in the last few days. The Prime Minister, who has been criticised on all sides for failing to act, today committed to provide resettlement for "thousands more Syrian refugees". He said Britain would act "with our [...]
Prime Minister under pressure over refugees as Europe’s migration crisis worsens September 4, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the government will “do more” in response to Europe’s migration crisis, indicating that the UK could take thousands of refugees from Syria in the coming months. City A.M. understands that Downing Street officials are urgently looking at the current policies surrounding asylum-seekers, and that new plans could be [...]
EU migrant crisis: Accepting more refugees is not just the right thing to do – it’d be good for us too September 3, 2015 Most people think that we have a duty to help refugees fleeing totalitarianism or war, wherever they come from. Our sense of duty, however, is tempered by concerns that taking too many refugees will harm us, or that some are merely economic migrants. But these costs are overstated. Though, in general, the evidence [...]
As the migrant crisis intensifies, is this the beginning of the end of Europe’s Schengen Area? September 3, 2015 Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, says Yes As with many of the European Union’s practices, institutions and ambitions, the Schengen Agreement is fraying in the face of circumstances vastly different to those it was drawn up to cater for back in 1985. The abolition of internal border controls was only ever [...]
EU refugee crisis: Boris Johnson says London should help as Mayor of Liverpool offers sanctuary to 100 Syrian refugees September 3, 2015 As scenes of refugees making their way from Syria across Europe become more harrowing, the Mayor of London has said the capital should face up to its "moral responsibilities". On the question of whether to take in Syrian refugees in particular, Boris Johnson said London should "take people fleeing persecution and those plainly in fear [...]
Think the UK’s experiencing a migrant crisis? It’s nothing compared with Denmark, Austria and Sweden September 3, 2015 The UK may be in the grip of a migrant crisis – but the number of people applying to come to the UK pales in comparison to many other European countries, it turns out. The number of people seeking asylum in Europe peaked at 70,720 in February, data from Eurostat shows. Of those, 2,255 applied [...]
EU refugee crisis: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund show of support for asylum seekers September 3, 2015 Cheap ticket prices, electric atmospheres and a World Cup-winning team: German football has stood apart from the rest of Europe in recent years and you can now add humanitarianism to its list of appealing qualities. Read more: UN calls on European nations to accept more Syrian refugees German champions Bayern Munich have pledged to donate €1m [...]