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Crispin Blunt MP

Does David Cameron's position on Syria and the migrant crisis make sense? Hardtalk speaks to the Chairman of the UK's Foreign Affairs Select Committee, MP Crispin Blunt.

The British Government wants parliamentary authorisation to bomb the jihadists of IS in Syria. That same Government adamantly does not want to offer refuge to any of the many tens of thousands of Syrian refugees now homeless and desperate inside Europe. Does David Cameron's position make sense? Stephen Sackur talks to the UK Government’s Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt.

(Photo: Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara meets with British MP Crispin Blunt. Credit: Getty Images)

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