It is possible to deal with the refugee crisis around the world, the head of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, has said.

To suggest otherwise was “to succumb to the worst form of fatalism”, he told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur.

Mr Miliband was the UK Foreign Secretary between 2007 and 2010 and MP for South Shields in the north east of England from 2001 - 2013.

Watch the full interview on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel on Friday 17 November 2017 or watch again on BBC iPlayer (UK only)