Celebrities demand that refugees be reunited with their families

Mark Rylance, Jude Law, and Paloma Faith are among 90 stars calling on UK prime minister David Cameron to step up the government’s commitment to reuniting refugees stranded in Europe with their families in the UK.

The plea, issued in an open letter signed by leading figures from the arts and business, calls on Britain to “step up and do more” to help “vulnerable refugees”.

It comes ahead of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) meeting on Syrian refugees, which will be held in Geneva on Wednesday.