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Europe's record on accepting refugees

David Cameron is facing growing pressure at home and abroad for the UK to take in more of the many thousands of migrants fleeing to Europe.
It comes after a picture of a dead boy lying on a Turkish beach sparked an outcry.
Tory backbencher David Burrowes said the UK "should accept thousands, not hundreds" of people and a senior UN official said the UK could "do more".
On Wednesday, the prime minister said taking more people was not the answer.
Victoria Derbyshire reporter Jim Reed looks at how Europe has handled refugee crises of the past.

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