Australia on Monday urged more European nations to begin air strikes against ISIS group in Syria and Iraq as a way of tackling the escalating refugee crisis gripping the continent.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said jehadis were responsible for driving hundreds of thousands of migrants to Europe and a broadening of the coalition fighting them was necessary.
“Over 40 per cent of the people currently seeking asylum in Europe are from Syria, and we need a united front to defeat the terrorist organisations that are driving the displacement of so many people,” she told reporters in Sydney.
Already there are about 60 countries that are providing support in one way or another to the US-led coalition.