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