Mark Rylance, Jude Law and Paloma Faith are among more than 90 stars calling on David Cameron to step up the Government’s commitment to reuniting refugees stranded across 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”.

Jude Law (left) and Sir Tom Stoppard talking to Natalia Koliada, Creative Director for the Belarus Free Theatre, after a one off Letters Live performance in association with Good Chance at the refugee camp in Calais, France. (Help Refugees)Jude Law (left) and Sir Tom Stoppard talking to Natalia Koliada, Creative Director for the Belarus Free Theatre, after a one off Letters Live performance in association with Good Chance at the refugee camp in Calais, France. (Help Refugees)

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

Campaigners hope the Government will seize the “unique opportunity to do more by expanding the rules around family reunion”.

The letter, backed by charities Refugee Action and Citizens UK, recognises the “substantial aid” being used to help Syrian refugees but says “as the crisis grows so too must our response”.

It says: “Many organisations and public figures have stepped up to help protect children in Calais, but across Europe thousands of refugee children are still stranded without hope or support.

Paloma FaithPaloma Faith (Guy Levy/Wall To Wall/BBC)

“In the UK, Syrians with close family in refugee camps or conflict zones often cannot legally bring their relatives to safety.

“We are seeing the reality of this human crisis play out on our TV screens week after week. Families are desperate to reach their loved ones. Traumatised children have no-one to protect them.”

It ends: “We call on you to increase our resettlement commitment and to strengthen family reunion policies to help separated children and divided families.”

Actress Juliet Stevenson greets one of three Syrian refugees (who cannot be identified for legal reasons) at a charity in London after they arrived from Calais to the UK via the Safe Passage legal route. (Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)Actress Juliet Stevenson greets one of three Syrian refugees (who cannot be identified for legal reasons) at a charity in London after they arrived from Calais to the UK via the Safe Passage legal route. (Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)

Jude and Juliet Stevenson, who have both backed the letter, were among the famous faces who visited the Jungle camp in Calais last month to perform to refugees.

They also joined 145 stars in signing an open letter to Mr Cameron, asking him to help save children based at the makeshift camp, as sections of the camp were prepared for demolition by French authorities.