This is a massive humanitarian challenge – unless we act,it can only get worseCalling for support for refugees has got harder. People across Britain want to help but, as winter draws in, and the problems feel endless and the answers hard. A long shadow has been cast by the terrible Paris attacks. In France,Marine Le Pen and the Front National are on the rise. David Cameron has warned that anxiety over the refugee crisis could drive people towards Brexit.
So it would be easy to conclude that the refugee crisis is just too difficult and that Britain should stay on the sidelines instead. But we can’t. The crisis isn’t going absent and the Guardian and Observer are accurate to perform this the subject of their Christmas appeal. For the sake of our common humanity, our social cohesion and security, or we need a stronger response.
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Source: theguardian.com