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Closed Follow the example of Germany in suspending rules for accepting Syrian refugees.

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Germany and other EU countries are currently accepting more refugees from Syria, in the realisation that there is an acute need to avert a catastrophe on a scale not seen for decades. The British government desperately needs to debate the need for the UK to do more and accept more refugees.

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