It is not the responsibility of the United States to accept Palestinian refugees when neighboring countries in the Middle East refuse to take them in.

“if none of these places are first off why should we take them why is it our responsibility why is it the responsibility of the nation at war with them to take them”

Alastair Campbell argues that the government's refugee policy is exploitative and cruel, designed to manipulate public opinion rather than solve the problem.

“I don't believe this is about helping these people to stop them crossing the channel I believe it's where it's exploiting the issue so that people many of whom are never likely to meet a refugee are going to feel better about thinking the Tories are on their side”

Rory Stewart advocates for a global coalition and a coordinated international burden-sharing system for refugees.

“that's partly because I think they understand and I think this is something we've discussed that we need a global Coalition on refugees which actually existed in the 1970s in relation to the Vietnam boat people”