Thousands join pro-refugee march ahead of UN migrant summit

Thousands of pro-refugee supporters have taken to the streets of London to urge the Government to provide sanctuary for asylum seekers. It comes ahead of a high-level UN summit in New York hosted by Barack Obama during which world leaders will thrash-out a blueprint for an international response to large movements of migrants and refugees fleeing conflicts. Pressure groups including Oxfam, Medecine Sans Frontieres and the Stop the War Coalition and marched along Park Lane with banners