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Post Ten refugee families for EVERY town in Britain: Yvette Cooper calls on 'cowardly' Cameron to accept 10,000 fleeing Syrians

By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline

Published: 06:16 EST, 1 September 2015 | Updated: 09:11 EST, 1 September 2015

Every town in Britain should take 10 Syrian families forced to flee the chaos in the Middle East, Labour leadership hopeful Yvette Cooper said this morning.

The shadow home secretary said the failure to offer sanctuary to refugees trying to escape the 'new totalitarianism' of Islamic State was 'immoral' and 'cowardly'.

She called on the Government to exclude refugees from its target to reduce net migration to below 100,000 a year and suggested that it should be possible to take some 10,000 people seeking asylum.

In a speech to the Centre for European Reform in London, Ms Cooper acknowledged that her comments would be controversial at a time of heightened concern about immigration.

But in the face of the crisis in the Mediterranean with tens of thousands risking their lives in an attempt to reach safety in Europe, she said that it was essential to separate out the issue of asylum from the wider immigration debate.

'This has become a humanitarian crisis on a scale we have not seen on our continent since the Second World War. Yet we seem paralysed to respond,' she said.

'And its not just us. All Europe is struggling to respond. We can't carry on like this. It's immoral, it's cowardly and it's not the British way.

Ms Cooper contrasted Britain's offer to take a few hundred Syrian refugees through a United Nations programme to the 1930s when in a matter of months the country accepted 10,000 Jewish children fleeing the Nazis.

'We have to step up to the plate. This has become a test not just of Europe's values, but also of the EU's resilience and ability to respond.

And so far our continent has been found still wanting,' she said.

'And it is a test of British values too - of whether we will again be able to reach out to the rest of the world and help as we have done in previous generations, or whether we will turn inwards and turn our backs instead. And so far our country has been found still wanting too.'

Ms Cooper said called for politicians of all parties to support a 'national mission' to change attitudes, end the fear of the 'politics of immigration'.

'That has to start with the Government and its targets. For our country to have a net migration target which includes refugees is just immoral,' she said.

She said the Government should summon a national conference to see how many places it was possible to offer to refugees from Syria and the Mediterranean.

'If every city took 10 refugee families, if every London borough took 10 families, if every county council took 10 families, if Scotland, Wales and every English region played their part, then in a month we'd have nearly 10,000 more places for vulnerable refugees fleeing danger, seeking safety,' she said.

Nigel Farage this morning claimed Britain had 'lost sight of what is a genuine refugee'.

The Ukip leader said the European Union

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By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline

Published: 06:16 EST, 1 September 2015 | Updated: 09:11 EST, 1 September 2015

Every town in Britain should take 10 Syrian families forced to flee the chaos in the Middle East, Labour leadership hopeful Yvette Cooper said this morning.

The shadow home secretary said the failure to offer sanctuary to refugees trying to escape the 'new totalitarianism' of Islamic State was 'immoral' and 'cowardly'.

She called on the Government to exclude refugees from its target to reduce net migration to below 100,000 a year and suggested that it should be possible to take some 10,000 people seeking asylum.

In a speech to the Centre for European Reform in London, Ms Cooper acknowledged that her comments would be controversial at a time of heightened concern about immigration.

But in the face of the crisis in the Mediterranean with tens of thousands risking their lives in an attempt to reach safety in Europe, she said that it was essential to separate out the issue of asylum from the wider immigration debate.

'This has become a humanitarian crisis on a scale we have not seen on our continent since the Second World War. Yet we seem paralysed to respond,' she said.

'And its not just us. All Europe is struggling to respond. We can't carry on like this. It's immoral, it's cowardly and it's not the British way.

Ms Cooper contrasted Britain's offer to take a few hundred Syrian refugees through a United Nations programme to the 1930s when in a matter of months the country accepted 10,000 Jewish children fleeing the Nazis.

'We have to step up to the plate. This has become a test not just of Europe's values, but also of the EU's resilience and ability to respond.

And so far our continent has been found still wanting,' she said.

'And it is a test of British values too - of whether we will again be able to reach out to the rest of the world and help as we have done in previous generations, or whether we will turn inwards and turn our backs instead. And so far our country has been found still wanting too.'

Ms Cooper said called for politicians of all parties to support a 'national mission' to change attitudes, end the fear of the 'politics of immigration'.

'That has to start with the Government and its targets. For our country to have a net migration target which includes refugees is just immoral,' she said.

She said the Government should summon a national conference to see how many places it was possible to offer to refugees from Syria and the Mediterranean.

'If every city took 10 refugee families, if every London borough took 10 families, if every county council took 10 families, if Scotland, Wales and every English region played their part, then in a month we'd have nearly 10,000 more places for vulnerable refugees fleeing danger, seeking safety,' she said.

Nigel Farage this morning claimed Britain had 'lost sight of what is a genuine refugee'.

The Ukip leader said the European Union

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10.000 but not in her leafy backyard or a few in her home,another champagne socialist ,these so called socialists need to practice what they Preach but they never do give their own it is always that you The plebs that must give.
 
Old September 4th, 2015 #3
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By Matt Chorley, Political Editor for MailOnline

Published: 03:03 EST, 4 September 2015 | Updated: 03:07 EST, 4 September 2015

Britain is to become a safe haven to ’thousands’ of desperate families living in refugee camps in war-torn Syria after a public outcry over the death of a toddler on a Turkish beach.

David Cameron will today announce a dramatic change in policy, expanding a scheme to resettle refugees in the UK to include more than ten times more people than agreed to date.

Crucially, the Prime Minister will rule out playing any part in an EU quota scheme and there will be no move to accept any of the thousands of people who have reached Europe already.

Mr Cameron will use a visit to Spain today to set out a commitment to take ’thousands more’ people.

He will focus on providing help to people in UN refugee camps in North Africa, where Britain has already provided more humanitarian aid than any EU country.

Details of the plan are still being thrashed out, after Downing Street was caught off guard by the extraordinary public and political reaction to harrowing images of three-year-old Ayan Kurdi who died with his brother and mother trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby today urged Mr Cameron to 'respond with compassion' while Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman said it was 'deplorable' that the government was 'putting its head in the sand and showing itself to be heartless and out of touch'.

More than 340,000 people signed a petition calling for the UK to 'accept more asylum seekers and increase support for refugee migrants'.

Several Tory MPs also broke cover to demand a change in government policy, including Nicola Blackwood who warned: 'We cannot be the generation that fails this test of humanity.'

It is understood that the number will be in the 'thousands not the tens of thousands' and will see an expansion in a scheme which offers refuge to the most vulnerable fleeing violence in Syria.

Since early 2011 the UK has granted asylum to almost 5,000 Syrians who have managed to reach Britain themselves. To claim asylum, a person has to be in the country.

Genuine refugees are expected to seek asylum in the first safe country to arrive in.

However, it can be difficult for people from the most dangerous parts of the world to reach the UK.

Under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme, refugees can apply to be resettled in the UK by being transferred from Syria.

A total of 216 people have been resettled under scheme so far - a figure which has been seized on by critics in recent days.

Now, the government is preparing to dramatically extend the scheme, although no final figure has been agreed.

While some councils including Liverpool and Kingston, Surrey have made offers to accept some refugees, ministers will have to avoid accusations that it is imposing Syrian families on areas where services are already stretched.

Mr Cameron is adamant that the im

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Post The Ships That Sunk A Thousand Faces: Britain's Emotional Response to Europe's Migrant Crisis

One in 25 people that boards a boat bringing migrants across the Meditteranean into Europe will die. This is brutal, emotive extent of Europe’s migrant crisis. If the numbers don’t do it for you, the pictures will, which is why the Independent has splashed a dead child across its front page to make what is basically a politcal point.

Yes, there’s a humanitarian crisis happening out there. We’ve known about it for a very long time now. An entire summer, and some of us for longer.

But isn’t it interesting, that as soon as it seems that the liberals have lost the debate on the matter – Britain has not waved its white flag like Germany and declared, “Come in your millions! We’ll accomodate you all – that the debate suddenly switches from the numbers and the practicalities to pictures of dead babies washed up on beaches.

Let’s be honest, no one can look at that picture (right) without their heart sinking. As the BBC’s Today Programme noted this morning, the child is dressed well, wearing trainers, and resembles what could be “any of our children”.

That may be right – but what that has to do with opening Britain’s borders to hundreds of thousands of migrants, be they refugees or not, I don’t know. Since the journalists have come back from holiday, the frame of the debate seems to be changing. They’re not migrants now, they’re refugees. No more should we talk about the biblical-scale exodus we’re seeing, and the illegality of the boats, the people smugglers, and the impact on the United Kingdom. Now it’s all about big, emotional pictures.

But we’ve been told for so long now that we shouldn’t be thinking about migration emotionally. When the left attacks the right over this issue, they do it by claiming that the people who don’t believe we should have open borders aren’t thinking with their heads, but rather with their guts. Knee-jerk reactions to immigration numbers, we’re warned, is not helpful.

And the truth is being twisted too.

According to German politicians and the newspapers they brief, Britain are the “quitters” or “slackers” not taking their “fair share” of migrants.

But that claim at best can only be extended to the Syrians, Eritreans, Iraqis, and Afghanis that Germany has now opened its doors to. According to the British Red Cross, Britain processes over 30,000 asylum claims last year, with 41 per cent of those applying being successful. That’s just over 12,000 people being given asylum in Britain.

No, it’s not the 800,000 that Germany has promised to take of this new influx. But it isn’t the “none” that many claim Britain is taking.

And that’s because when the Lisbon Treaty was ratified by the British government, someone had the foresight to make sure that Britain had an opt out of any common, European asylum policy. What we’re now being asked to do, despite having purchased the expensive alarm system for our house, is leave the front door open.

Labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper pontificated earlier this week that Britain

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Post Bob Geldof says he will let 4 Syrian families stay in his houses. 2,744 homeless Brits sleep rough every night.

By Thomas Burrows for MailOnline

Published: 05:12 EST, 4 September 2015 | Updated: 06:28 EST, 4 September 2015

Bob Geldof has offered to immediately take in four families as he expressed disgust at the migrant and refugee crisis in Europe.

The aid campaigner and singer said he would open the doors to his family home in Kent and his flat in Battersea, London in a personal response to the shocking scenes on borders, beaches and railway stations.

The harrowing image of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, who died with his five-year-old brother Galip and mother Rihan trying to reach the Greek island of Kos, has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the crisis.

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Speaking today, Mr Geldof said: 'If there's a new economy then there needs to be a new politics and it's a failure of that new politics that's led to this disgrace, this absolute sickening disgrace.

'I'm prepared - I'm lucky, I've a place in Kent and a flat in London - me and (partner) Jeanne would be prepared to take three families immediately in our place in Kent and a family in our flat in London, immediately, and put them up until such time as they can get going and get a purchase on their future.'

The musician has owned the 12th century Davington Priory in Faversham, Kent, since the 1980s. The historic building he will open to refugees is a listed former Benedictine nunnery.

It is adjoined to the parish church of St Mary Magdalene and St Lawrence and has a small connecting door leading from the Priory into the church.

Sir Bob's wedding to his first wife Paula Yates was blessed there in 1986 and daughter Peaches Geldof married husband Tom Cohen there in 2012.

But it has also been used for family funerals with both Paula's funeral being held there in 2000 and Peaches's funeral last year following her death from a drugs overdose aged 25.

Geldof told Ireland's RTE Radio: 'I can't stand what is happening. I cannot stand what it does to us.'

The Boomtown Rats frontman has been involved in humanitarian work for almost 40 years, most notably with the organising of the Live Aid concert in 1985 and the Band Aid Christmas single.

The 63-year-old said the pictures of Aylan's body and other distressing reports from borders and cities across Europe, were a source of shame.

He said: 'I look at it with profound shame and a monstrous betrayal of who we are and what we wish to be. We are in a moment currently now that will be discussed and impacted on in 300 years time.'

Geldof said he was in his home last night and could not grasp the depth of the crisis and the limited response from governments when he decided he should put his money where his mouth is.

'I've known, you've known, and everyone listening has known that the b******* we talk about, our values, are complete nonsense,' he said.

'Once it comes home to roost we deny those values, we betray ourselves, but those values are correct, and it happens time and time aga

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Old September 4th, 2015 #6
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Post Pack 10,000 Syrian Refugees into Britain Like Kindertransport During The Holocaust, Former Chief Rabbi Says

Britain needs to make a bold gesture similar to Kindertransport to help address the humanitarian crisis engulfing Europe, the former chief rabbi has said.

Jonathan Sacks said it was time for human compassion to triumph in the same way as the scheme that saved thousands of Jewish children before the second world war broke out. He said that a “very clear and conspicuous humanitarian gesture, like Kindertransport” would help to achieve that aim.

“Europe is being tested as it has not been tested since the second world war … The European Union was created as a way of saying that we recognize human rights, after the catastrophe of two world wars and the Holocaust, and it’s very chilling to see some of these scenarios being re-enacted,” Lord Sacks told BBC2’s Newsnight on Thursday.

He believes that the UK could accommodate 10,000 displaced people: “It’s a figure to which Britain would respond. The churches, the religious groups, the charities would all join in, and I think we would be better for doing that.”

Meanwhile, former home secretary David Blunkett said the UK had a moral obligation to take about 25,000 refugees – which was still a fraction of Germany’s total.

“We should concentrate on those coming through Turkey, who have been persecuted and ejected from Syria, and we should concentrate on women and children,” he said.

While a global response was needed, Blunkett added: “If we are going to be taken seriously by anybody as a nation in putting that programme together, we are going to have to face the challenge of taking refugees in very large numbers ourselves.”

Oxfam chief executive Mark Goldring said: “Offering to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees would bring the UK in line with other European countries who have already shown leadership in offering a haven to vulnerable refugees.” He said he hoped that the government would clarify as soon as possible the number of refugees from Syria the UK would resettle and by what date.

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Post Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: refugees can come to Scotland

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland "stands ready to offer sanctuary" to refugees.

Ms Sturgeon said Scotland should accept 1,000 refugees "as a starting point for a meaningful discussion".

She was speaking at a summit aimed at examining what Scotland can do to help ease the international refugee crisis.

The first minister earlier wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron calling for the UK to accept more refugees.

On Friday morning, the prime minister said he would set out plans next week for the UK to take "thousands more" refugees from camps on the Syrian borders.

He said the extra refugees would come from UN camps bordering Syria, and not from among people already in Europe.

Britain would act with its "head and heart", he said, as he pledged to find long-term solutions to the crisis.

No specific figure has been given but the UN refugee agency said the UK would take a further 4,000 Syrian refugees.

Ms Sturgeon said she would like more detail on Mr Cameron's plans but welcomed the change in mood.

"It is important we don't describe this as a migration crisis, immigration and asylum are not the same things," the first minister said.

"It is perhaps treating them as if they are that is making it so difficult for David Cameron to show the leadership he must.

"Instead of this being a humanitarian response to a refugee crisis, it has become part of a vexed, troubled and often pejorative debate on immigration."

The first minister said there was cross-party support in the Scottish Parliament for a practical response to a humanitarian crisis that is "shocking the world".

Ms Sturgeon said that the UN had estimated that 333,000 people had tried to cross the Mediterranean in the past three months and almost 3,000 had died.

She said the people of the UK would be "haunted" for generations if they did not help those in desperate need.

Ms Sturgeon admitted that the long-term solution to the crisis was to bring stability to the countries people were fleeing such as Syria.

However, she said that Scotland and the UK had a moral obligation to take a "fair and proportionate share" of those seeking a place of safety.

The refugee summit organised by the first minister is bringing together politicians, charities, religious groups and other representatives of civic Scotland to discuss the international situation and set out what Scotland can do to help.

Ms Sturgeon said: "It has been suggested that we in Scotland should ready ourselves now to accept 1,000 refugees and I certainly believe we should do so - not as a cap or a limit but as a starting point for a meaningful discussion about how much we can practically contribute."

Naomi McAuliffe, programme director of Amnesty International in Scotland, is among those attending the meeting.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, she said the UK could increase the number of refugees it takes in.

"A tiny amount of Syrians have been settled in the UK - 216 peopl

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The scottish national party should rename itself the scottish labour party since they certainly arent a nationalist party as they refer to illegal invaders as "new scots"
 
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Post UK has given a total of 920million in aid to Syria since 2011

By Matt Chorley, Political Editor for MailOnline

Published: 05:24 EST, 4 September 2015 | Updated: 10:13 EST, 4 September 2015

David Cameron today announced Britain is increasing its aid for Syrian refugees to more than £1billion as he hit back at claims that he was refusing to act.

The Prime Minister pointed to figures showing that the UK has already given more than £920million to the humanitarian effort - more than Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Poland combined.

He pledged an extra £100million, making it the UK's biggest ever response to a humanitarian crisis.

Only the United States has given more, with some of Mr Cameron's biggest critics in Europe giving a fraction of the funds from British taxpayers.

Official figures show that since 2011, the UK has given £918million and pledged a further £1.5million in aid to deal with the impact of violence in Syria which has displaced millions of people.

The figure is much higher than the £633million paid by Germany, and dwarfs the likes of France (£70million), Spain (£21million) and Hungary (£485,000).

Today Mr Cameron went further to announce an increase in Britain's aid spending.

Speaking later in Madrid, the PM said that admitting refugees 'can only ever be part of the answer' to the migration crisis and that a comprehensive approach was needed, including using aid to alleviate suffering in the countries which migrants come from.

'We are already the second-largest bilateral donor of aid to the Syrian conflict, and today I can announce that we will provide a further £100 million, taking our total contribution to over £1 billion,' said Mr Cameron.

'That is the UK's largest ever response to a humanitarian crisis. No other European country has come close to this level of support.

'£60 million of this additional funding will go to help Syrians still in Syria. The rest will go to neighbouring countries, to Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, where Syrian refugees now account for one-quarter of the population.

'Britain's aid is supporting these camps. If we were not doing that, the numbers attempting the dangerous journey to Europe would be far, far higher.'

It came as Mr Cameron promised to would welcome 'thousands' of Syrians living in UN refugee camps as he stepped up efforts to tackle the crisis.

The Prime Minister vowed that 'Britain will act with its head and its heart' as he announced plans to dramatically expand a scheme to resettle over 10 times more refugees in the UK.

But crucially, he ruled out playing any part in an EU quota scheme and there will be no move to accept any of the thousands of people who have reached Europe already.

Mr Cameron used a visit to Portugal today to set out a commitment to take 'thousands more' people.

Details of the plan are still being thrashed out, after Downing Street was caught off guard by the extraordinary public and political reaction to harrowing images of three-year-old Ayan Kurdi who died with his

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Post Hideous Tory Government Minister says refugee crisis is because we did not bomb Assad - Libya proves otherwise.

Anna Soubry said the situation in Syria would be better if Britain had bombed it

Anna Soubrey, who is now small businesses minister, said Britain "made a very, very big mistake" by voting against military action in Syria in 2013.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson also hinted at the Government now considering taking action in the war-torn country.

Ms Soubrey told the Daily Telegraph: "The huge difficulty we have in Syria continues and nobody talks about the fact Assad is ultimately responsible - people are leaving his country because he has chosen to be a barbaric ruler.

"It's too easy to blame the EU and the Government when we should be saying, 'Let's get back to the root cause, and that is Syria'.

"We've made it very clear - we put a motion in Parliament to keep our options open on Syria and Parliament very foolishly voted against that motion. We made a very, very big mistake when that motion failed."

The Syrian civil war has been destroying the country since the Arab Spring in 2011 in an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

The war has given Islamic State the opportunity to swoop in and take over a third of Syrian territory, including most of its oil and gas production.

Mr Johnson took Ms Soubrey's comments further and said: "It is also time to look harder at what can be done in Syria to solve the problem at source.

"Of course intention has not worked in Iraq or Libya.

The Government is waiting to see who wins the Labour leadership election before giving the green light to air strikes in Syria because their stance will determine the outcome.

Frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn was wishy washy in his response to deploying British troops anywhere abroad.

He said: "I'm sure there are some circumstances. But I can't think of them at the moment."

Talking about whether Britain should bomb Syria, he added: "The issue would be we bomb, we kill people, we wouldn't destroy or defeat ISIS, we probably make the situation considerably worse."

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Prime Minister David Cameron announced Friday that Britain will help resettle thousands more Syrian refugees amid mounting pressure to deal with the growing humanitarian crisis.

His announcement came the same day hundreds of frustrated and exhausted migrants stranded in Hungary made a break for the border on foot.

One group left Budapest’s Keleti station saying they were planning to walk to Vienna, a distance of about 130 miles, after trains in that direction were indefinitely suspended Thursday.

They snaked through the Hungarian capital in the blazing sun forming a long line that reportedly contained people in wheelchairs, on crutches and barefoot.

Another group of migrants broke out of train carriages in Bicske station, northwest of Budapest, where they had been holed up since Thursday when their journey came to a halt near one of the country’s large camps for asylum seekers.

Several hundred people made a break for it, overwhelming police and running down the tracks in the direction of Austria, more than 80 miles to the west.

Speaking in Lisbon, Cameron that said there was a “moral responsibility” to help the thousands of people fleeing to Europe and that Britain will act with “our head and our heart” in providing refuge for those in need.

But he added that the new arrivals in Britain will not come from among those now on European soil but from a program already in operation that resettles refugees in camps bordering Syria.
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Post Thousands prepare to march through London for migrants

The Prime Minister said Britain would fulfil its 'moral responsibilities' by taking in thousands more refugees

More than 66,000 people have signed up to march through London to demand “positive change” in Britain’s stance towards refugees.

Protesters will mass two days before Theresa May attends emergency EU talks on the continuing crisis as political pressure continues to mount on the UK.

David Cameron has vowed to take "thousands more" Syrian refugees, but only those who are in designated camps, rather than people who have already arrived elsewhere in Europe.

Outrage over the deaths of thousands of desperate men, women and children trying to reach Europe has been galvanised by photos of Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned when his family’s boat capsized on the way to Greece.

Organisers of the Solidarity with Refugees march said people fleeing conflict must be allowed to reach Europe safely, rather than entrusting their lives to ruthless smugglers.

Ros Ereira and Abdulaziz Almashi wrote on Facebook: “There needs to be either official safe transport provided, or if people could apply for asylum from outside the EU they would be able to enter by official routes.

“We need to prioritise the fast processing of asylum claims from people from particularly dangerous regions, such as Syria.

“We can't allow any EU countries to close their borders or build fences. There needs to be Europe-wide consensus on providing help where it is so desperately needed, relieving pressure on the Mediterranean countries.”

The pair said that the Home Secretary must meet her counterparts with knowledge that the “conviction that the British people she represents are open to helping refugees”.

“We can’t continue to allow thousands to die trying to reach the EU and their legal right to claim asylum,” their statement added.

Another petition, started by Zoe Fritz, has gathered more than 200 signatories who say they are personally willing to house Syrian refugees.

“We must persuade the Government that there are those who wish policy to change and are willing to offer space in their homes to facilitate that change,” Ms Fritz wrote. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, will be meeting her counterparts from across Europe to form a strategy later this month

Similar schemes have gained huge support in Iceland and Germany.

More than 245,000 people have signed a petition started by this newspaper asking the Prime Minister to allow Britain to accept a fair share of refugees, and thousands more have shared photos of themselves on social media as part of the Refugees Welcome campaign.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and Natalie Bennett, the leader of the Green Party, are among those adding pressure on the Prime Minister to act.

Mr Cameron has announced the UK will continue its "existing schemes" to resettle refugees, providing them with a "direct and safe route to the UK", but did not specify how many more people

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Post #1 Britain responds to "Syria crisis"

The Islamic State are using fake Syrian passports to help terror cells slip into Europe among the nonwhite invasion flood, new reports have revealed.

The ISIS plan to invade Europe under the guise of “refugees” has been long in the planning, and takes full advantage of the insane open doors asylum policies adopted by Angela Merkel and almost all other European “leaders.”

The first confirmed case was reported from Norway, where that country’s secret service detected—by chance—a large group of Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front terrorists masquerading as “refugees,” according to the Dagbladet newspaper.

Meanwhile, the Russian Federal News Agency has reported that a five-man strong ISIS cell was arrested on the Bulgarian–Macedonian border.

The suspects were stopped by a border patrol and tried to bribe the border guards by offering them thousands of dollars.

According to the report, their mobile phones contained pictures of decapitated people, jihadist prayers, and video clips promoting the ISIL terrorist group.

Earlier, Turkish intelligence service warned that “up to 3,000 trained jihadists are seeking to cross into Turkey from Syria and Iraq” and were intending to go through Bulgaria and Hungry into western Europe.

“The jihadist militants could be working on armed or bombing attacks in Ankara and Istanbul against the diplomatic missions of the countries involved in the US-led anti-ISIL [ISIS] coalition,” said the Hurriyet newspaper, citing the Turkish National Intelligence Organization.

Earlier this year, a Libyan government adviser warned that ISIS was intending to “smuggle militants” into Europe in boats from Libya.

Abdul Basit Haroun told the BBC’s Radio 5 Live that IS militants were taking advantage of the crisis by using the boats “for their people who they want to send to Europe, as the European police don’t know who is from IS and who is a normal refugee or not.”

Meanwhile, the Austrian Kronen Zeitung newspaper has quoted EU frontier patrol (“Frontex”) chief Fabrice Leggeri as warning that there was now a large market for forged Syrian passports.

“”A lot of people get fake Syrian papers in Turkey, because they know that they’ll get asylum in the EU that way,” Leggeri said.

“People who use these fake passports, mostly speak Arabic. They come from North Africa, the Middle East, but are economic refugees,” he added.

“This stream of refugees has overwhelmed authorities and we have no clear picture of the origin of these people.”

Further confirmation of ISIS plans to infiltrate cells into Europe has come with the release on twitter of photographs taken in Rome by ISIS supporters showing hand-written slogans and threats pictured against well-known backdrops in the Italian capital.

The origin of the current invasion of Europe lies in the illegal invasion of Iraq, which was created by the US’s Jewish Lobby, and which sparked off a domino effect of Islamic radicalism which has now consumed much of the Middle East.

When ISIS or other Mu

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Published: 19:13 EST, 4 September 2015 | Updated: 19:22 EST, 4 September 2015

Samantha Cameron influenced her husband’s decision to accept more Syrian refugees, it was claimed last night.

The Prime Minister’s wife is thought to have helped persuade him to change his mind after having visited a camp in Lebanon two years ago.

Mrs Cameron, who is a Save the Children ambassador, met families torn apart by war on her first solo foreign trip.

They included children who witnessed the violent deaths of their parents and siblings and had been forced to flee their homes without any belongings.

‘As a mother, it is horrifying to hear the harrowing stories from the children I met today, no child should ever experience what they have,’ she said during the visit in March 2013.

‘With every day that passes, more children and parents are being killed, more innocent childhoods are being smashed to pieces.’

After Mr Cameron yesterday announced Britain would welcome ‘thousands more’ refugees, it was suggested Mrs Cameron’s experience had played a part in his decision.

Tim Montgomerie, founder of the Conservative Home blog, wrote on Twitter: ‘Am told that Samantha Cameron was huge influence on shift in the Government’s refugee policy.’

Yesterday when asked if he had been persuaded by his wife to change his mind, Mr Cameron maintained he had been ‘consistent’ in his approach as he sought to play down the idea he had performed a U-turn.

But he added: ‘As a father and as a human being you cannot help but be moved by these terrible pictures, seeing the picture of that poor child on the beach in Turkey. Those images will remain with all of us for a very, very long time.’

During the General Election campaign Mrs Cameron spoke of how she shares her perspective on her husband’s policies with him.

She said in an interview: ‘I try to stay out of the Westminster village.

‘There are times when I will be surprised and curious about what’s been announced. I hope that he can get an everyday, down-to-earth view from me, as a mother who works in business.’



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UK plan to "send aid" to Syria threatened by Corbyn

Hope that Britain would join air strikes "against" ISIS group in Syria is fading due to the likely election of anti-war campaigner Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition Labour Party.

After parliament returns Monday, Cameron’s centre-right government had hoped to call a vote on the issue in a bid to extend Britain’s current role in coalition air strikes (against everyone) in Iraq.

But Corbyn, a leading opponent to the 2003 Iraq war who wants to apologise over the conflict if elected leader of Britain’s main opposition party on September 12, is deeply opposed to the move.

http://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/u...rbyn-1.1578628

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The British finance minister on Saturday said resolving the migrants crisis in Europe would necessitate dealing with the “evil” Assad regime in Syria and with the brutal terrorism of Islamic State.

“It’s absolutely clear we need a comprehensive plan across Europe,” Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of G-20 finance chiefs in Turkey.

“Yes, we must offer asylum to those who are genuinely fleeing persecution. Countries like Britain always have, we are one of the founders of the asylum system. We will take, as the prime minister said, thousands more,” the minister told Reuters.

“But at the same time, you’ve got to make sure you’ve got aid going into the refugee camps on the borders … We’ve got to defeat these criminal gangs who trade in human misery and risk people’s lives and kill people,” he said, in apparent reference to Islamic State, the terror group which conquered vast swaths land in Syria and Iraq, engaging in mass murder and causing mass displacements.

Osborne said Europe must deal with the problem “at source, which is this evil Assad regime and the ISIL (Islamic State) terrorists, and you need a comprehensive plan for a more stable, peaceful Syria. A huge challenge of course, but you can’t just let that crisis fester. We’ve got to get engaged in that.”

Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the refugee problem will not be quickly resolved and European countries must adapt to the new reality.

“It is here to stay; the sooner we accept it, the sooner we will be able to respond effectively (and) united as Europeans,” Mogherini said after a two-day informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.

“It affects all of us. A few months ago, it was Italy, Greece and Malta. Now it is Hungary and it could (be the) turn of other member states in the future,” Mogherini said.

The crisis has exposed sharp rifts in the 28-nation bloc, with Germany leading calls to take in many more people fleeing war and upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa.

However, newer eastern member states led by Hungary bluntly oppose European Commission plans for mandatory quotas and a permanent admission mechanism, saying that would only encourage more migrants to risk their lives coming to Europe.

The foreign ministers meeting, which as an informal gathering discussed policy but took no decisions, was overshadowed by dramatic events as thousands of migrants stranded for days in Budapest were bused to Austria en route to Germany.

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said their plight and the growing human cost was a “wake up call” for Europe to resolve its biggest refugee crisis since World War II.

Austrian police said 4,000 people crossed into the country early Saturday morning, with the number predicted to rise to 10,000.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the understanding with Austria and Hungary on letting the refugees through should not set a preceden

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Default US, allies launch more air strikes in Iraq, eight in Syria

US and coalition forces launched 25 air strikes in Iraq and eight in Syria on Friday against Islamic State targets, the US military said.

In Iraq, the air strikes were centered near 12 cities including Mosul, Ramadi, Baiji, Tuz and Sinjar, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday. They destroyed buildings, vehicles, a homemade explosives facility and more than 50 of the militants' fighting positions, it said.

In Syria, six strikes hit near Mar'a and others at Raqqa and Tal Abyad, the statement said.

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