Calls for Hastings and Rye MP to do more to help refugees

The plea was made as part of a Europe-wide initiative to tackle the current global refugee crisis

More than 2,600 people are known to have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean this year, while the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has identified around 960,000 refugees in need of resettlement worldwide.

A spokesman from the Hastings and Rye Green Party said: “The Government’s current policy – which amounts to letting in just 12 Syrian refugees per day until May 2020 – is clearly a pitifully inadequate response to the current global refugee crisis, and will not stop the mounting death toll as desperate people continue to risk their lives in attempts to find safety in Europe.

“The only way to stop these deaths is to create safe, swift and legal means for resettling large numbers of people in Europe, and to share the responsibility for this fairly between the various European states.

“This is not only the right thing to do, but a practical response with historical precedents.

“We urge Amber Rudd to support such an initiative which, as long as it is properly managed, could also create significant economic benefits for the UK.”

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