Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Nous sommes le mardi vingt trois fevrier

Raining this morning, Malc who fed the donkeys says it is not cold.
I am having a day keeping warm trying to clear up my cold.

The boys have a lovely day planned shopping in Albi, a visit to Lacaune in the Tarn to meet 29 refugees who have just been placed in the area
You will have heard about half of the camps at Calais being dismantled, the hope being that refugees will decide to take out asylum in France rather than trying to get to the UK. The sad thing about this is a third of the refugees are minors on their own, they really need to be offered a safe place and one worries about their safety. Quite a lot of film stars and actors have been in the jungle campaigning to get the government to make their safety a priority.
It was interesting when our 15 year old granddaughter was here she immediately connected with the  youngest boy from Sudan, just 18. He left what  family  he had left, and his country and set off on the journey here, all alone. At age15 from a priviliged background our Sharki found it hard to imagine her doing that in another years time. She now wants updates on his progress with asylum, he is being interviewed in Paris this morning.
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