Liverpool MP Dan Carden delivered a powerful speech on the global stage as he told world leaders to 'wake up' to the reality of mass migration and show support for refugees fleeing war and other crises.
Mr Carden, a former shadow international development secretary, gave the address as a delegate of the UK Parliament at the global assembly of parliamentarians in Indonesia. He referred to his own Irish immigrant roots as he urged the UK and other countries to commit to welcoming many-times-more people needing asylum into their countries and to reject anti-migrant, racist policies.
In an emotive speech, he said: “I can only stand here today, as the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton, because 180 years ago my great, great, great, great grandad Thomas Carden emigrated from Ireland to escape famine. He left Ballina in County Mayo, with his young wife, crossed the Irish Sea and made Liverpool his home.”
