ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈɪftiːn, pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən mˈæɾɚz pˈʌblɪʃt ɐ blˈɑːɡ pˈoʊst dˌɪsɐɡɹˈiːɪŋ wɪð ɐn ˈæmnəsti ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl kˈɔːl ɔnðə jˌuːkˈeɪ ænd ˈʌðɚɹ ˌiːjˈuː kˈʌntɹiz tuː "sɪɡnˈɪfɪkəntli ˈɪŋkɹiːs ðə nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv ɹᵻsˈɛɾəlmənt ænd hjˌuːmɐnɪtˈɛɹiən ɐdmˈɪʃən plˈeɪsᵻz fɔːɹ ɹˈɛfjuːdʒˌiːz fɹʌm sˈɪɹiə" wˌaɪl sˈeɪɪŋ ðæt ðˈiːz "kˈʌntɹiz ʃˌʊd kəntˈɪnjuː tə səpˈoːɹt mˈaɪɡɹənts fɹʌmðə sˈɪɹiən sˈɪvəl wˈɔːɹ ænd ˈʌðɚ kˈɑːnflɪkts ɪnðə kˈʌntɹiz ɐdʒˈeɪsənt tə ðoʊz kˈɑːnflɪkts".
In 2015, Population Matters published a blog post disagreeing with an Amnesty International call on the UK and other EU countries to "significantly increase the number of resettlement and humanitarian admission places for refugees from Syria" while saying that these "countries should continue to support migrants from the Syrian civil war and other conflicts in the countries adjacent to those conflicts".