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Tonight I saw on the News that the people of Greece are protesting against camps being set up where they live, for migrants.  No matter what sympathy we have for the migrants, who are fleeing from war zones and conditions of poverty, we also must realize that the people of Greece have had difficult times economically and are in no position to receive migrants.  This is a very difficult situation and the European Community should do more in a concerted way to sort out what is happening.  This migrating of many thousands of people into Europe is a huge event in our time and brings many challenges which the politicians do not seem to be sorting out and after all that is their job.  This problem will not go away in a hurry.  A caring solution needs to be found.  All those people are the responsibility of all of us and need to be treated with respect.  Among them there may be “bad apples” but many are decent people just trying to find a life.  I am reminded of the many people in another age who left Ireland to find a new life in the U.S.A. People only take these desperate actions when they can see no other way forward. I realize it is easy for me to talk like this as I live in a very rural part of England and am less likely to meet a migrant because they head for the towns, but if you come across these people give them a chance and hold out a welcoming hand.

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