This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Rejected petition EU send resource to support communities receiving refugees and economic migrants
By March 2016 over 100,000 refugees and migrants arrived in the European Union. Regardless of attempts to fortify internal EU borders and politicking from member states, numbers continue to increase as conditions worsen.
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The UK should lead an EU, or Pan-European, task force that scopes the scale and practicality of resources required for Greece (Lesbos) and Italy (Sicily) to be able to safely receive, process and relocate the high volumes of migrants and refugees.
This is a radical departure from current policies. I'm calling for large scale, formalised resettling programme with defined entry points for refugees and migrants alike.
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