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Inside the city where half the UK's Syrian refugees live
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Nov 28, 2015 05:01pm |
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| Author | Andrew Connelly |
| News Date | Saturday, November 28, 2015 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bradford, United Kingdom — Bradford's skyline, enveloped by dusky, rolling hills, is an emblem of British imperial history. Tall thin chimneys protrude from neighborhoods all around the city, relics of textile factories that in the British Empire's heyday gave Bradford the sobriquet, "Wool capital of the world."
In the foreground are turquoise domes and jagged minarets of some of the largest mosques in the country — the legacy of mass immigration from Pakistan and Bangladesh as the empire began to disintegrate during the 1950s.
As thousands of refugees, mostly fleeing war in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan enter Europe every day, the British government has largely eschewed accepting meaningful numbers. It's elected instead to funnel aid money into the Middle East — it's the second highest bilateral donor supporting Syrian refugees in the region after the United States.
Under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS), the UK has resettled about 216 Syrians transported directly from camps in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt since January 2014.
Then in September, Prime Minister David Cameron buckled under pressure after photos emerged of a 3-year-old, Alan Kurdi, drowned on a Turkish beach. Cameron reluctantly announced the UK would take in 20,000 more Syrians over the next five years. |
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