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30 Responses to “Help us hold the press to account for demonising refugees”
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They can be processed in Turkey and stay in Muslim countries, especially if they are Muslim. The Yazidis, Chaledeans, Maronites etcetera are the ones being wiped out. The Ummah needs to walk the walk and look after Ahmed and Mohammed.
TN
No! How many of these refugees from Syria are extremists in the making? LFF and James Bloodworth would be the first ones to post on here if something really bad were to happen on British soil (god forbid it doesn’t).
stevep
The mucky end of the press has already suffered a mortal blow.
For weeks and months they have tried to demonise the refugees and reduce them to non-people.
It has failed.
The picture of that poor lad on the beach changed everything and started a humanitarian bandwagon rolling throughout Europe.
We in Britain will gladly play our part, too, despite Cameron & co. begrudging it.
Things will change so fast now, right -wing governments and their sycophants will be shitting their pants to keep up.
Mick
‘It has failed.’
Most people say the country is too full to take any more. Immigration has failed.
stevep
Most people are wrong. There`s plenty of room.