Europe: Act now to help refugees fleeing Syria

Headline Title:  Europe: Act now to help refugees fleeing Syria 24 October 2012 By Charlotte Phillips, researcher on refugee and migrants’ rights at Amnesty International. On 26 September 2012 at the United Nations General Assembly, David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister, accused the United Nations of inaction over the Syria conflict, stating: “The blood of these young children is a terrible stain on the reputation of this United Nations.”A few months earlier in June 2012, the European Council “strongly condemned the brutal violence and massacres of civilians and urged the Syrian…

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