Thank you for picking organisations that support refugees in your 2023 charity appeal, and for the clear and moving explanation as to why offering protection to refugees is a sign of a civilised society (Help us support refugees facing destitution to rebuild their lives in safety, 8 December).
It is difficult to comprehend how our national discourse has become so badly warped. We have a government competing as to who can behave in the harshest way to other human beings who have suffered wars, persecution and trauma. And we have an opposition party that is so scared by rightwing pressure and headlines that all it seems to talk about is the cost of the Rwanda scheme and the government’s incompetence.
