British PM commits another $175M to battle migration crisis
- 9 years ago
British Prime Minister David Cameron committed an additional $175 million to tackle the growing migration crisis in the wake of an emergency European summit that was on the verge of falling apart.
"We must make sure people in refugee camps are properly fed and looked after, not least to help them but also to stop people wanting to make or thinking of making this very, very difficult and very dangerous journey to Europe," Cameron said.
Leaders meeting in Brussels were looking at long-term ways to tackle "the dramatic situation at our external borders and strengthen controls at those borders," according to a draft text of their mission statement.
Cameron's money pitch came after four Eastern European nations - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania - voted against a plan adopted Tuesday to relocate 120,000 migrants to other member states over the next two years to ease the strain on Italy and Greece.
"We must make sure people in refugee camps are properly fed and looked after, not least to help them but also to stop people wanting to make or thinking of making this very, very difficult and very dangerous journey to Europe," Cameron said.
Leaders meeting in Brussels were looking at long-term ways to tackle "the dramatic situation at our external borders and strengthen controls at those borders," according to a draft text of their mission statement.
Cameron's money pitch came after four Eastern European nations - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania - voted against a plan adopted Tuesday to relocate 120,000 migrants to other member states over the next two years to ease the strain on Italy and Greece.