Former Jewish refugees urge British prime minister to accept 3,000 Syrian children
 

Former Jewish refugees urge British prime minister to accept 3,000 Syrian children
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LONDON — A group of former Jewish refugees who came to the UK from Nazi Germany as part of the government-backed Kindertransport program has strongly urged Prime Minister David Cameron to accept 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Syria.

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The Kindertransport-Association of Jewish Refugees said Cameron should "demonstrate compassion" and do more to "help some of the most vulnerable victims of an internecine conflict".

In the letter seen by Mashable,*Sir Erich Reich, chairman of the Jewish association, said it was "incumbent on us to provide sanctuary to those in need."* Read more...


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