No Human Is ‘illegal' - Why We Have To Support Those Seeking Refuge

"You have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land" - Home, Warsan Shire

Crisis is a word we hear a lot these days. Financial crisis, climate crisis, coronavirus crisis. When such a powerful word is used so often it's easy to become desensitised.

But one 'crisis' where it's absolutely vital that we maintain our humanity, our morality and our passion for change is the 'refugee crisis'.

What makes this crisis different from the others is that it's not a crisis in the way some would lead us to believe.

England is not being 'invaded' by 'criminals' and we do not need a 'Channel threat commander' to protect us.

This narrative is insensitive and extremely damaging. In fact, refugees only make up 0.26 per cent of the UK's population, far less than other countries such as France and Germany.