In reply to broken spectre:
Why are we posting a vote that was reported back in April ?
Ok I will bite:-
As one comment on this old report says :-
"This country takes in refugees directly from Syria. I think it's a reasonable policy not to accept ones who are already in Europe. "
We also give a huge sum of money to support refugees in or as near to their own homeland.
Every pound spent near to their home helps far more people than would be helped by taking them into the UK.
You put more people at risk( and many more die) by encouraging them to travel in dangerous seas etc than would die if they stayed where they are to get help in their own country, or the next safe country ( not the 14th or so safe country they pass through)
One Iraqi chap in the camp in Calais has refused to leave( to be safely accommodated in France which is already a safe country) and said' " If the camp us destroyed, I will burn myself in the road. "
So he does not get the choice of a safe haven of his choice, he would rather die.
This is not any longer about his safety,or he would have accepted the help he has been offered.
Post edited at 18:04