Last month, 27 people tragically died attempting to cross the English Channel. A record 1,185 made the journey on November 12th, following a sharp increase in attempts over the previous year. And the RNLI was blocked by abusive members of the public while trying to launch a rescue boat. The refugee crisis has put Britain’s asylum system under serious scrutiny, and organisations like Choose Love have been stepping up to identify and close gaps in services for refugees and displaced people.
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I woke on Tuesday at 4am and could hardly breathe. I was sweating (and, post-menopausal that I am, I never sweat) and racked with worry. I grabbed my hair, put my head in my hands, and said out loud, ‘What am I doing? What was I thinking?’