Long-term refugee targets ‘would help west regain moral purpose’

Under former Tory MP Rory Stewart's plans, countries would take in an agreed number of refugees annually

Liberal democracies can regain their lost sense of shared moral purpose by agreeing to set a long-term internationally agreed target for the number of refugees they are each prepared to take each year, Rory Stewart, a former Conservative cabinet minister, has proposed.

Unveiling his plan to the Guardian, Stewart said: Reforming the international resettlement coalition around the Afghan crisis presents a rare opportunity for key liberal democracies to restore their moral authority, form a workable international coalition, and deliver rapid, concrete, ethical results."