David Cameron has confirmed that 20,000 refugees will be resettled in the UK from camps bordering Syria by 2020.
The Prime Minister has come under significant pressure over the migration crisis in recent days but claimed no other European country had "come close" to matching the UK's response considering the foreign aid Britain had distributed in the region.
"This is clearly the biggest challenge facing countries in Europe today," Mr Cameron told the Commons.
"We have already provided sanctuary to more than 5,000 Syrian refugees in Britain… but given the scale of the crisis and suffering of the Syrian people it is right we do much more.
"In doing so, we will continue to show the world that this country is a country of extraordinary compassion, always standing up for our values and helping those in need."
Refugees taken in will be given five-year humanitarian protection visas, Mr Cameron said.
(Sky News)
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