I am ashamed to think that this summer many of us will swim in a sea where people have drowned simply because they were fleeing war, violence and poverty. Is the reason the UK is failing to take its fair share of refugees that the Government find human suffering easier to bear if it is made someone else’s problem?
Tunisia, and European Council
Proceeding contribution from
Heidi Alexander
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 29 June 2015.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Tunisia, and European Council.
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2015-16
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