UK will accept more Syrian refugees

The UK will take more refugees fleeing the violence in Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said, according to the Mirror.

The prime minister has said he will "modestly expand" the scheme to take refugees as people flee the country in turmoil over Daesh extremists and civil war.

Previously, the UK has committed to taking 500 migrants from Syria over three years. Some 187 people have been taken in since that announcement.

Sources indicate that the Government is now prepared to accept "a few hundred" more.

It comes after a study from the United Nations agency UNHCR saying that up to 42,500 people are displaced every day because of war.

Labour has called on the Government to sign up to a UN quota system for Syria. Sweden has accepted some 40,000 Syrians over the course of the crisis, while Germany has pledged to take in 30,000 people.
Source: MENA