ON JANUARY 27 thousands of people gathered at cenotaphs across the country as part of Holocaust Memorial Day, as was reported in the Swindon Advertiser on January 28.
Also on January 27, David Cameron labelled the refugees living in squalor in Calais a “bunch of migrants”, this just six months after labelling refugees in Europe “a swarm.”
They are neither a “bunch” or a “swarm” – they are human beings fleeing the horrors and brutality that only war can bring.
Let’s not forget (though many of our politicians would prefer to) the fact that the UK’s military involvement in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan has created many of the refugees that we see living in appalling conditions in many parts of the world.
The refugee crisis is the biggest humanitarian crisis the world has seen for decades, and Cameron’s vile comments can only create an even more hostile environment for anyone that is or could be seen as a refugee.
I wonder how Cameron would have labelled those fleeing the Nazis.
MARTIN WEBB
Swindon Road
Old Town, Swindon