The world’s refugee issue hasn’t gone away

We are all preoccupied with being “locked down”. For millions of people around the world the luxury of being locked down the way we are would be beyond their wildest dreams. Our borders are closed right now but that won’t be forever. We must remember at some stage we will have to get our heads around what role we play, in this paradise we live in, with the need to accept more refugees.

Here is a Newsroom article on this matter: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/04/20/1131050/conflict-climate-and-contagion-refugees-suffer

Just to humanise the issue here is a photo of a child playing inside a refugee camp in France

Here is a picture of the remains of clothing and possessions from a boat which sank and 58 refugees died after having been denied access to Thailand and Malaysia