The first plane load of Syrian refugees has
arrived in the UK as the authorities say they have done their best to ensure
they do not pose a terrorist threat.
The flight, believed to be carrying about 100
people from camps surrounding the war-torn Middle East state, landed at around
3.40pm yesterday.
Several more special flights will arrive at
airports around Britain in the coming months as part of a programme to take
20,000 refugees over five years.
David Cameron established the plan following
the outcry over the death of little Aylan Kurdi and his mother and brother, who
was washed up on a Greek beach in September.
The arrivals come after it emerged that at least
one of the attackers in the Paris atrocity is believed to have entered Europe
through Greece posing as a refugee from Syria
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