Refugee crisis

Britain must take in 10,000 refugees, says Labour's Yvette Cooper

Press quote (The Telegraph)
Yvette Cooper MP
01 September 2015

Speaking at the CER, Miss Cooper said: "If every city took 10 refugee families, if every London borough took 10 families, if every county council took 10 families, then in a month we'd have nearly 10,000 more places for vulnerable refugees fleeing danger, seeking safety."

She called on David Cameron to show leadership and for Theresa May to "urgently" work with councils and communities, adding that Britain must be able to look "our grand- children in the eyes" and say "we did not turn our backs."

Miss Cooper said she was calling on "Britain to be Britain" because "we cannot allow the politics of fear and blame to paralyse us, and let this humanitarian crisis go on."