Even when refugees do make it to British soil, they are treated appallingly

David Cameron’s muted response to the refugee crisis is disgraceful. The number of people who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean has been on a steady rise since the start of this year; more than 2,500 people – children, women and men – have died so far in 2015. It is no big leap to suggest that many of these deaths were avoidable. Just months before the British Government were warned this would happen when they decided to withdraw support for search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean. They also ignored calls for them to advocate for a fairer EU asylum system. So, it is only right that British Government accepts more asylum seekers.