After days of headline-grabbing announcements as part of the government’s stop the boats week, the stark human reality of what it means to take the dangerous journey across the world’s busiest shipping lane was brought home to us all with the news that at least six people died that way in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The flimsy vessel was overloaded with about 60 people, including children, desperate to get to the UK to be safe. All those who lost their lives and most of those rescued were from Afghanistan. This sharply brings into focus the failure to provide sufficient safe routes for Afghans fleeing the clutches of the Taliban and seeking sanctuary in our country.
