Day four in Rhodes

 

Last night we went to the evening entertainment. My son went back to the room which in hindsight was the wise choice as most of it was in French. It makes sense as there are a large number of French people here, and they did explain what was happening in English as well. Sadly we returned to our room before the entertainment was fully underway due to a drink mishap and soaking clothes. My daughter and I returned later to dance in the disco. And I have just been complemented on my dancing last night by a barman. 

Come the morning, after breakfast my son and I walked to a nearby supermarket where we bought some replacement footwear for my daughter and some painkillers at a nearby chemist. 

We relaxed for the rest of the day, my son and I playing a few games that got a bit vicious in the pool. I may get to dance again tonight and tomorrow we are thinking about getting a taxi into the town of Rhodes itself. 

Why are we abandoning refugees from Afghanistan?

I am proud of the way our nation took in Ukrainian refugees, many of whom were in safe nations such as Moldova. I do not know why we do not do the same with refugees from Afghanistan or other nations riven by war, such as Yemen. 

We know that many of those who died in The Channel this month were from Afghanistan and that two years on from the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, we are still failing those Afghans who helped our forces when we were trying to bring human rights to the nation.

We have been offered a way to stop the boats back in 2021 when France said we could process asylum seekers there. Doing so in a speedy manner would reduce channel crossings, slash the bills housing them in hotels and end any need for any barges. Also, having a fair and speedy system in France would mean that there are few moral issues to deporting those crossing the channel to Rwanda.

We are not a soft touch for refugees. When there was the migrant caravan in 2015, most refugees went to Germany and Sweden. France has more refugees than the UK. So when Lee Anderson says that asylum seekers can “fuck off back to France” does he include Ukrainian ones?