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UN says UK will take 4,000 Syrian refugees
4 September 2015 13:29 BST
The UN has said that the UK has agreed to take in 4,000 Syrian refugees.
"We obviously welcome very much the move to increase resettlement spaces for Syrians in the UK. Those spaces are going to be critical to the lives and future of 4,000 people,” spokesperson Melissa Fleming told AP on Friday.
“We certainly believe that there’s the momentum here” for other countries to follow suit."
Earlier, British Prime Minister David Cameron had only said that his country would take “thousands” more people, on top of the 5,000 already announced, and would give details next week.
His office has so far declined to comment on the UN figure.