I am sick and tired of "our" position here in the UK on refugees. We should be working
to HELP these desperate people, not treating them as scum. Those fleeing wars and conflict need our kindness and care, not hate and indifference. We should be working with the rest of the EU to solve this crisis.
Oh by the way we, here in the UK, sell arms to the value of £5 billion to countries on the human rights "black list" of countries. See https://news.vice.com/article/the-uk-is-going-to-send-billions-in-arms-exports-to-countries-on-the-human-rights-blacklist . We are partly to blame for the worse refugee crisis in Europe since WW2.
You make a good point Roger. There appears to be too little compassion and too much discrimination. It is our problem-a European problem. A European symposium should be set up now to develop plans to accommodate all of those who are fleeing for their lives.
ReplyDeleteI have contacted my MP to let him know my thoughts.
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Mike, my heart bleeds for these DESPERATE people who have risked everything, sometimes their lives, for a chance of a life free from conflict. If the shoe was on the other foot and WE were the refugees I know how we would like to be treated! No, it is high time we treated these fellow humans with the love, care and dignity they deserve.
ReplyDeleteBTW Mike, thank you for contacting your MP.
ReplyDeleteThese refugees don't want to fix the problems of their own country, and make their OWN
ReplyDeletecountry great. Instead they burden everyone else, instead of putting their own house in
order.
And all the do gooders want me to keep giving and giving, whilst I've got my own family
to feed and a roof to keep over my head.
But oh no, I don't matter do I ? So what happens when I've given up so much for everyone
else and have nothing ? Will there be do gooders to put me back in a home paid for ?
Did I ask the govt to spend MY money on uninvited guests ?
Enough is enough.
Oh no, I've dared to express another viewpoint.
ReplyDeleteHere comes the censor :)
Mr A nonymous said his bit.
ReplyDeleteRoger, is it OK if I add mine?
"What would it profit a man if he gained the whole world but suffered the loss of his own soul"
Best wishes
Mike. 2E0YJY
All I can say to "anonymous", who is too afraid to even reveal his identity, is what if it was YOU who was in an England torn apart by war and strife? How would YOU wish to be treated? Suddenly you see that all these poor, very desperate, people are asking for is a chance to live in peace and work hard.
ReplyDeleteA big problem is that there is a big influx at the moment of opportunistic thieves to richer counties. In France here, there is a big problem, with very frequent house and car break-ins. Very recently, my neighbor was fortunate enough for the police to retrieve their PC with all the family photos from a nearby Roma camp (the jewellery was gone of course). Fleecing of tourists (especially Japanese) in Paris is at a scale unimaginable.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the genuine refugees are mixed up in this other influx. I share your sentiments for the displaced families wanting to flee from death and destruction. Europe must find a way to separate out these two problems. Thank goodness UK is not in Schengen, and has some boarder control, but we must show compassion for the truly desperate families. Hugh G6AIG
I agree there is a difference between those fleeing war and conflict and those out to make a quick buck. Compared with those coming into the UK illegally, refugees would be a small number. In the past we have welcomed Huguenots, German Jews, Hungarians in 1956, Ugandan Asians and others. Let us show some compassion!
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