Britain bows to pressure to let in more Syrian refugees

PanARMENIAN.Net - David Cameron is expected to announce plans later to increase the number of refugees being allowed into the UK, BBC News reports.

The extra refugees are expected to come from UN camps bordering Syria, and not from among people already in Europe. No specific figure has been agreed, but Cameron has previously said the UK would continue to take in "thousands".

The PM, who has faced growing pressure to do more to address the crisis, is likely to make an announcement in Spain after talks with fellow leaders, BBC says.

He is meeting his Portuguese and Spanish counterparts for talks that had been intended to focus on his desire for EU reform, but which will be overshadowed by the migrant crisis.

Calls for the UK to take in more refugees have intensified after the publication of a picture of the body of a drowned three-year-old Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi, washed up a Turkish beach.

Cameron said on Thursday, September 3, that as a father he felt "deeply moved" by the image, but has argued that taking on more people was not the simple answer.