I AM confused. We are currently awaiting the arrival of Syrian refugees fleeing their country for a better life here.

There are also volunteers taking supplies of food, blankets etc to the refugee camps in France.

Then an advert comes on television saying that there has been a huge increase in poverty in this country and a lot of families are having to choose between food and heating this winter.

Then in a separate programme there are families shown living in this country in conditions you would not wish on your worst enemy.

Where and how do we fit immigrant families into our system if it is currently failing the people already here?

And whatever happened to “charity begins at home”?

P COLLINS Old Town, Swindon