Topic: | Re:Refugees in Calais | |
Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
Date/Time: | 15/08/15 13:13:00 |
No name changes because they were "too German", Huguenots, Cypriots etc? No-one from Southern Africa or Ireland? Just to mention a few. We have a wonderful mix of people living here and until you look more deeply you won't find out. And people don't just come here - they leave from here as well... Yes we should be concerned - much more concerned - about what is happening here but not to the detriment of everybody outside the country. We still need to look at the bigger picture. The world is a much smaller place now. When I was small I travelled by boat across the world. Later by prop plane with lots of stops. Today so many places can be reached by non-stop flight. It's incongruous that people can go on holiday to foreign countries and then show no compassion to those escaping from unimaginable poverty and tyranny. |