The Gulf states have a moral responsibility to take in Syrian refugees  It is a moral responsibility for gulf states to take in Syrian refugees both in terms of common humanity and as they all belong to the same culture and regional organisations (i.e. The Arab League). The numbers taken by the gulf states look particularly irresponsible looking it as a comparison to the number that European countries have taken in. Amnesty International has accused the gulf states of offering zero resettlement places. [1]  [1] Amnesty International, ‘Facts &amp; Figures: Syria refugee crisis &amp; international resettlement’, 5 December 2014,