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Britain ‘shamed’ into accepting more refugees

Thursday, 03 September 2015 10:56 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 03 September 2015 10:56 PM ]

Refugees land on the shores of the Greek island Lesbos in an inflatable dingy across the Aegean Sea from from Turkey on September 3, 2015. More than 230,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Greece by sea this year, a huge rise from 17,500 in the same period in 2014, deputy shipping minister Nikos Zois said.AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS

Amina Taylor
Press TV, London

As the bodies of more refugees wash up on Mediterranean beaches, the UK is starting to bow to growing domestic and international pressure to stop using the crisis as a political opportunity. London is also under fire to show ‘more compassion’ by accepting substantially more than the hundreds of desperate individuals the government has taken in so far. Amina Taylor reports from the British capital.

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