You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Global Outcry #RefugeesWelcome Demands Nations Open Borders

HeadlineSep 04, 2015

In news from Europe, leaders are planning another round of emergency talks about how to respond to the hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge after fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria and other regions, as people across the world took to social media to demand nations do more to welcome refugees. This morning, British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to accept thousands more Syrians after more than 250,000 people signed a petition created by the news outlet The Independent demanding that England “accept its fair share of refugees seeking safety in Europe.” This comes on the heels of news that more than 10,000 Icelanders have volunteered to house Syrian refugees in their own homes. The United States is also coming under fire for resettling only 1,500 Syrians since the violence began.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top