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GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel called again yesterday for a joint EU response to the thousands of refugees seeking safety in Europe.
EU chiefs have grudgingly accepted the need for emergency talks but have scheduled them for September 14, two weeks away when hundreds of people are dying weekly in the desperate search for a safe haven from the terrorism and civil wars raging in Iraq, Syria, Libya, South Sudan and other countries.
Germany has so far accepted more asylum-seekers than any other EU country, though this is still far fewer refugees than Turkey, Lebanon or Jordan is hosting.
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
