Safe Routes Save Lives: Student Action for Refugees Epetition
Categories: Articles:Asylum & Refugees |
Published: 14/02/2016 |
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Ask David Cameron to save lives by giving refugees safe routes to protection
3,772 people drowned last year while trying to find safety in Europe and 410 have died already in 2016. Refugees in Europe are stuck at borders in the freezing cold waiting for protection, families are separated and 10,000 children have gone missing. The world is facing the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War and the number of refugees worldwide is continuing to rise.
A lack of safe routes to protection, welcome and support has not stopped people fleeing to Europe; it has only made their journey more dangerous. We must act quickly to stop more deaths.
In September 2015 the UK committed to resettle 20,000 Syrians. This was an important first step towards a comprehensive and effective response to a global refugee crisis, but it is only a first step, and there is so much more than we can, and must, do.
Student Action for Refugees are calling on the UK to ensure routes to safety for refugees and save lives by:
• Allowing refugees to safely and legally join family members in the UK
• Providing sanctuary to our fair share of refugees arriving in Europe
• Significantly increasing the number of resettlement places available to refugees
• Helping ensure there are adequate search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean
Read more and sign the petition here #SafeRoutesSaveLives!
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