Labour Tells David Cameron: 'Let Syrian Refugees Come To The UK'

HUNDREDS of Syrian civil war refugees must be allowed into Britain, Labour told David Cameron yesterday.

MONEY: Prime minister David Cameron said cash aid is the best way to help war-torn Syria [GETTY]

The Opposition is backing a United Nations call for Britain to offer humanitarian aid and resettlement opportunities.

Labour wants the Government to take around 500 Syrians, including torture victims and women and girls at high risk from violence and rape.

But the Prime Minister and his Tory colleagues insist cash is the best way Britain can help those affected by the long-running war in Syria, and in the neighbouring states of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq.

The Home Office said the £500million donated by Britain is the highest ever contribution made by the UK to a humanitarian disaster.

WAR-TORN: The debris-covered Syrian capital of Damascus [REUTERS]

DESTRUCTION: A man lies on a stretcher after being attacked by heavy shelling [REUTERS]

GHOST TOWN: A derelict red bus stands on a street surrounded by damaged homes, shops and offices in the city of Aleppo [REUTERS

Immigration Minister, Mark Harper insisted the UK’s financial contribution – more than the 27 other EU ­nations combined – is the most effective way of helping.

He said: “I believe such initiatives should be our focus rather than the resettlement or providing humanitarian evacuation to displaced Syrians.”

But Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said Britain should join 16 countries including the USA, France and Germany, which have agreed to admit a total of more than 10,000 Syrians.

MESSAGE: Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper urges the PM to allow Syrians to settle in the UK [GETTY]

Ms Cooper said: “We should be rightly proud of our humanitarian aid effort and the generosity of the British people. But we should also do our part, alongside other countries within the UN’s programme, to provide a safe haven for some of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees.

“The British Government cannot turn its back on these people. It is our moral duty to respond.”

Charity the Refugee Council also urged Brits to send a message to the PM saying “we must play our part in providing a safe haven”