Migrant crisis: what about those left behind?

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Oct 2015
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Migrant crisis: what about those left behind?

Syrian children in a refugee camp in the Middle East | photo: faithit.com

The size and scale of the migrant crisis in Europe has reached enormous proportions. As compassionate human beings, it is impossible to ignore the tragic reports of lorries filled with decomposing bodies and heartbreaking scenes of drowned children washed up on European shores.

Yet the desperation which drives these families to embark on these perilous journeys still seems to be disregarded by many in the UK.

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‘The crisis in the Middle East is unimaginable’, said Samara Levy, a Brighton mum who started the winter clothes appeal for the Middle East last year. ‘These people have fled in search of safety for their families and many of them meet a tragic end in doing so.’

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