Refugees have no safe way to reach Britain, but we can provide it
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By Sonya Sceats
As is blindingly obvious, there are high numbers of refugees aboard the dilapidated boats making their way cross the Mediterranean. According to figures from UNHCR and Frontex, the EU agency that coordinates border control, most passengers are fleeing conflict-afflicted or fragile states.
One in three is Syrian. Another third come from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia and Nigeria. All of these countries have abysmal human rights records, as Freedom from Torture knows well from the torture survivors to whom we provide therapeutic and other clinical services.
We also know that torture survivors are risking their lives on the boats because we work with and alongside many who have only reached us after braving this perilous crossing. They tell of appalling mistreatment, over-crowding and dehydration, and shared fears among all those on board that they will drown at sea.
We welcome the Prime Minister’s remark in Parliament that ‘when people are fleeing torture and persecutio...
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