Angelina Jolie condemned European leaders today for taking part in a 'race to the bottom' over their response to the refugee crisis engulfing the continent as she urged them to reject 'isolationism', Daily Mail reported.
She said concerns over uncontrolled migration had allowed a politics of fear to grow and countries were 'competing to be the toughest in the hope of protecting themselves whatever the cost or challenge to their neighbors'.
The Hollywood actress and the UN's special envoy for refugees accused European countries of neglecting their responsibilities to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the five-year civil war in Syria.
And Jolie took aim at politicians for 'preying on the fear' that uncontrolled migration can cause.
In a speech at the BBC's headquarters in London this morning as part of a day of coverage on global migration, the American actress sent a message to British voters ahead of the June 23 referendum.
She said: 'After so many years of failed attempts by governments and leaders to do the right thing we are angry, we feel cheated and we feel confused.
'We are starting to think that maybe it is simply not possible to make a lasting difference.
'But the worst possible choice we could now make is to decide to step back from the world.'
She added: 'It would be naive to think that we can protect ourselves selectively, alone, from challenges in a globalised world, by pulling away from other countries or peoples.
'An unstable world is an unsafe world for all. If your neighbor's house is on fire you are not safe if you lock your doors. Isolationism is not strength. Fragmentation is not the answer.'