London (AFP) - The migrant crisis sweeping Europe could lead to Britain voting to leave the European Union in an upcoming referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron warned in an interview published Thursday.
Cameron is currently touring Europe in an attempt to secure reforms to the 28-member bloc, before campaigning to stay in the EU ahead of the referendum promised before the end of 2017.
However, he said voters could be influenced by the influx of migrants on the continent, fleeing war in the Middle East and north Africa.
"With... the migration crisis, the short-term impact is for people to think, 'Oh Christ, push Europe away from me, it's bringing me problems'," he told Britain's Spectator magazine.
"I get the temptation for people to say: look, it's just one thing after another; surely we'd be better off separating ourselves from this organisation? But I think that's the wrong conclusion to draw."
The prime minister suggested that longer-term, voters may conclude it would better to remain close to European policy-making in order to deal with the crisis, hinting that he may not call an early referendum. ...
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