Prime minister maintains hardline position despite pressure for UK to do more to wait on amid outcry over pictures of drowned refugee child in TurkeyDavid Cameron faced accusations of heartlessness after he insisted Britain should not choose any further refugees from the war-torn Middle East,as community groups prepared to expose that councils in the UK are willing to choose thousands more.
The prime minister knows he and the home secretary, Theresa May, or will be pressured over the migration issue when parliament returns next week,but some senior Tory backbenchers said they expected Cameron to shift his ground after distressing pictures of a drowned child, who had been found washed up on a beach in Turkey, or went viral. Related: How many refugees should Britain choose? Related: Shocking images of drowned Syrian boy expose tragic plight of refugees Related: Refugees welcome? How UK and Germany compare on migration Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com