IN reply to Steve Nibbs' totally ridiculous jibe at myself and Mark Webb that maybe we should concrete over the parks and gardens in order to build accommodation for all these migrants that are beating a path to our shore.

I do wonder what kind of "I’m all right Jack" world he lives in.

Is he aware of how many migrants Greece alone have taken in, and they haven’t had to turn the Parthenon into a refugee centre?

Do we not have a moral responsibility to help these unfortunate souls?

Maybe he can look the other way as hundreds of thousands of innocent people flee war-torn regions of the world, many dying in tragic circumstances in the process.

This is the worst refugee crisis since WWII, four million people have fled Syria alone. He asks if I would take some of these migrants in.

Yes, if push came to shove and I was able to help out, most certainly I would.

My parents raised me to have a sense of empathy and care for those less fortunate than myself.

If, through no fault of his own Mr Nibbs ever became homeless, I would certainly offer him assistance and a hot meal if he were ever in dire need. In an ideal world we would all live happily ever after in the country of our birth, but life has a nasty habit of ruining the best laid plans of mice and men.

War being one of those unfortunate vagaries of life.

Maybe it would be pertinent of me to ask Steve what he would do if the tables were turned and it was him who had a choice of leaving the country of his birth to destination unknown with little or no possessions, or stay and be killed.

If that were me, I’d like to think there was a country who would have the decency to let me in, and maybe, who knows, in return, I could be an asset to that country.

Many of the Syrians fleeing the country of their birth are highly trained teachers, civil engineers and dentists, amongst other professions.

It’s interesting Steve Nibbs mentioned our lovely local park in Penhill. In the 1950s, my father, himself an immigrant, helped to build that very park.

This wasn’t too long after he was on the front line in one of the bloodiest battles in WWII at Monte Cassino. It's well worth a Google.

The next time Steve has need to visit the GWH, maybe he will notice how clean the wards are.

I’m guessing it will have been a friendly migrant who will have kept that ward nice and clean, on a barely living wage no doubt.

Migrants are human beings just like you and me, Steve.

TOM HORWAT Upavon Court Penhill Swindon