TEN-THOUSAND of people took part in a demonstration to urge the Government to take more action on the migrant crisis.

MP Caroline Lucas joined the event organised by Solidarity with Refugees, groups and charities including Amnesty International, Oxfam, Save the Children, the Refugee Council and Stop the War Coalition joined forces for the Refugees Welcome demonstration in London yesterday.

The capital's Park Lane came alive with a sea of colourful placards carrying slogans such as "no-one is illegal", "stop the drowning", "choose love" and "be human", as an estimated 10,000 people joined the march.

Talking about the refugees crisis Ms Lucas said: "The heart wrenching scenes we’re seeing– of children being washed up dead on beaches, of people being detained en masse on trains, of thousands upon thousands risking their lives to come to Europe – serve as a reminder of our duty to help those in peril however we can.

“We have the capacity to take more refugees in Britain, but the Government lacks the will to do what’s right. Indeed David Cameron’s reluctance to give a home to those in need is a damning indictment of his administration’s pernicious attitude to those fleeing atrocities in other countries. When our Prime Minister’s only real action of note is to fund higher fences in Calais, it’s clear he’s lost all perspective of the gravity of the situation.

"Britain can and must do more – it’s time for the Government to wake up to the cruelty of its current stance and give many more refugees the chance to settle here."

Next week, world leaders will meet at the UN Summit for refugees and migrants in New York which Theresa May is set to attend.

Labour's refugee taskforce chair Yvette Cooper urged Mrs May to meet the Government's pledge to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees two years early in 2018 and then offer more help to those fleeing the war.