This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: Refugee crisis in Europe
Gulf states criticised for taking 'zero' refugees from Syria
3 September 2015 12:11 BST
Among mounting international outrage over the spiralling refugee crisis in Europe, much of the anger has been directed towards the Arab Gulf states, who so far have taken in few or no refugees from Syria.
The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates - have, according to Amnesty International, “offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees.”
Numerous cartoons have circulated social media criticising the inactivity of the Gulf states over the crisis, many using the image of drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi:
