Britain has already agreed
to taken 20,000 vulnerable refugees from the camps in the region.
David Cameron refusal to
acquiesce to pressure from charities to help the 3,000 refuge has led to
criticism from the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron who accused Mr Cameron of
ignoring the migrant crisis.
The Prime Minister has
refused calls to take the vulnerable children saying that to do so could create
"a magnet" to attract more migrants to cross the Mediterranean.
Three million are expected
to arrive on mainland Europe this year.
Mr Farron said: "It is
an absolute calamity on our doorstep and it is not going to go away by David
Cameron pretending it's not there.
"I think he is both
heartless and foolish because ... he is wrong to turn his back on orphan
children fleeing conflict."
He added that the Prime
Minister's reaction to the refugee crisis was "about media
management" and not about "meeting the human needs".
However, the Government has
announced it will work with the UN to take orphaned children from the camps in
the Syrian region, rather than the camps in Europe.
The criticism comes after
Mr Cameron was lambasted for referring to the refugees in the Calais camps as
"a bunch of migrants" during Prime Minister's Questions.
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