By Morag MacKin**n PERTH (Reuters) - Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and ?is open? to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a "strong security response" was needed for the region. The Australian government is due to make a decision within the week on whether to join air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria, having been part of the operation in Iraq since last year. ?It is important that there be a humanitarian response, but it's important that there be a strong security response as well,? Abbott told reporters in Canberra.
09-06-2015, 11:24 PM
Australia to take more Syrian refugees, wants 'security response'
By Morag MacKin**n PERTH (Reuters) - Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and ?is open? to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a "strong security response" was needed for the region. The Australian government is due to make a decision within the week on whether to join air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria, having been part of the operation in Iraq since last year. ?It is important that there be a humanitarian response, but it's important that there be a strong security response as well,? Abbott told reporters in Canberra.
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