Prime Minister David Cameron announced Friday that Britain will help resettle “thousands” more Syrian refugees as pressure mounted at home and abroad to deal with the growing humanitarian crisis.
Speaking in Lisbon, Cameron said there was a “moral responsibility” to help the thousands of people fleeing to Europe and that Britain will act with “our head and our heart” in providing refuge for those in need.
But he added that the new arrivals in Britain will not come from among those now on European soil but from a program already in operation that resettles refugees in camps bordering Syria.