The tabloid press has been waging a campaign against asylum seekers in Britain for quite a while now. They might say that it isn’t against “genuine” asylum seekers it is aimed at, but nevertheless they have helped inhibit British society from what it is for most of these people a painful and certainly life-threatening experience.
News coming today from Australia are just a clear example of the realities of asylum-seeking and how solidarity should not be subdued to populist sentiments fuelled by fear and prejudice. Freedom is a highly appreciated British value, let’s not let our fears stop it protecting other people around the world.
