Britain’s Refugee Crisis
Our treatment of those fleeing persecution is profoundly inhumane.
Last week, 31 people died trying to cross the English channel. Among the dead were 3 children, 7 women, one of whom was pregnant and 17 men.
As expected, Priti Patel —Britain’s home secretary — sought to deflect the blame for what took place, stating that it was France’s fault for not playing its part with the United Kingdom in properly policing the channel.
Emmanuel Macron, understandably irked by Britain’s approach to the migrant issue and the needless deaths, withdrew his invitation to the conference that took place yesterday, among Europe’s leading players.
But the questions are, how did we get to this point and who is really to blame for this crises?
If we are to believe the fictitious nonsense that we read in the right wing press, the United Kingdom lets in more refugees than Germany, France, Italy and Spain put together. And what’s more, these refugees are scroungers who don’t work, pay no taxes and all they ever do receive benefits and bleed the country dry.
Rupert Murdoch, who owns a huge chunk of Britain’s media (and America’s Fox News) has never been interested in reporting the truth. In the great battle for the soul of Britain and increased market share, the truth has always been the biggest…