As news comes from leaders around Europe that refugees fleeing war are not welcome . My heart sinks and I am ashamed our leaders find it acceptable (ok not in all cases but quite a lot) to slam the door in the faces of families who have lost everything and are running out of options for survival .  We should be moving to 6th gear into ’emergency mode’ and pulling together to provide a safe haven until there are safe countries to return to (yes. . The refugees DO want to go home .. funnily enough they don’t want to be homeless and rely on others for their survival)

The song by Christie Moore swims about in my head .. apt today as it was for the irish not that many decades ago

The chorus goes …

“You better get born in someplace else.
So move along get along move along get along . Go move shift”