Migrant crisis: UK public 'split' over taking refugees Migrant crisis: Hundreds force way past Hungarian police Migrant crisis: Germany to release funds to help regions cope Migrant crisis: Forty-eight hours at Munich railway station Migrant crisis: 'Extraordinary' support for charities Migrant crisis: UK aid budget will help fund refugees response - Osborne Alan Kurdi death: A Syrian Kurdish family forced to flee These are external links and will open in a new windowThe UK will accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years, David Cameron has told MPs.The prime minister said the UK had a "moral responsibility" to those living in camps bordering Syria while doing all it can to end the conflict there.Vulnerable children and orphans would be prioritised in what would be a "national effort", Mr Cameron said.But Labour said the 20,000 figure was inadequate and secured an emergency Commons debate on Tuesday.Commons Speaker John Bercow agreed to a Labour request for a three-hour debate about the wider crisis in Europe, with shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper urging the prime minister to reconsider his response. There’s been debate over how bad this will be, but with 2.5million lorries passing through the port every year, very little would need to go wrong before long tail backs occur.No one wants to enter illegally, but right now they feel they have no choice. That’s around one quarter of a percent (0.26%) of the UK’s total population. Earlier on Monday, France announced that it would take in 24,000 refugees over the next two years.Mr Cameron told MPs that the suffering of the Syrian people and others trying to make it to Europe in recent weeks was "heartbreaking" and that the UK was stepping up its effort to help those displaced by the conflict.

Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011People brought to Britain under VPR have been granted Humanitarian Protection, a status normally used for people who "don't qualify for asylum" but would be at "real risk of suffering serious harm" in their home country. Thank you for your Freedom of Information request about how many immigrants and refugees are in the UK. With MPs returning today from their summer recess, this was the first chance the prime minister had to update Parliament on military action in Syria.But Downing Street will have been well aware that it could shift media focus from the refugee and migrant crisis.The PM defended his response to the migrant crisis - which has been criticised in recent days - insisting the UK was giving £1bn in humanitarian aid to Syria and that by accepting refugees directly from camps it was discouraging people from taking the "potentially lethal" crossing across the Mediterranean.Tory MPs welcomed the move and although Labour leader Harriet Harman said the government was doing the "right thing" she said there was an urgent need for action now and questioned whether there was scope to accept more than 4,000 this year. These are external links and will open in a new window The best time to try: when the lorry is standing still.The biggest issue we have in Calais is the lack of a safe and legal routes for people to claim asylum in the UK. More than 8,000 refugees have arrived in the UK under the Government’s Syrian resettlement scheme, which has had a “truly transformative” impact on people’s lives, the United Nations has said.
Ms Cooper insisted Britain must also help refugees who have made it to Europe as well as Mr Cameron's current proposal to take more from camps surrounding Syria.In his two hour statement to Parliament, Mr Cameron also revealed that two British-born nationals believed to planning terrorist attacks on the UK were killed in an RAF drone strike in Syria last month. ... We intend to return as many migrants who have arrived as possible. "She also called on the government to reconsider its refusal to accept any refugees currently in southern and central Europe.
Refugees will generally get a residence permit for five years, and apply to settle in the UK permanently after that. Syria has been the main country of origin for refugees since 2014 and at the end of 2019, there were 6.6 million Syrian refugees hosted by 126 countries worldwide. In 2019, only half a per cent of the world’s refugees were resettled. Asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.