May urges global measures to tackle migration

Theresa May has called for a global clampdown on “uncontrolled migration”, saying it is the right and the duty of countries to control their borders. At the UN summit in New York, the prime minister said the migration crisis had been “exacerbated” by “unprecedented” numbers of economic migrants. She urged a change in approach, saying […]

Theresa May has called for a global clampdown on “uncontrolled migration”, saying it is the right and the duty of countries to control their borders.
At the UN summit in New York, the prime minister said the migration crisis had been “exacerbated” by “unprecedented” numbers of economic migrants.
She urged a change in approach, saying refugees should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.
The UN says a record number of people have been displaced by conflict.
It estimates that 65.3 million people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of five million in a year.
The UN summit for refugees and migrants is aiming to agree a “more humane and coordinated approach”.
Addressing world leaders, Mrs May called for a greater distinction between refugees and people trying to enter a country for economic reasons.