...Refugee Week

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These papers would have us believe that this is a story of 'us' and 'them', of British citizens besieged by foreigners wanting a share of our hard-earned wealth. But there is no 'us' and 'them'. There have been refugees coming to this country for as long as records have been kept: Huguenots, Jews, French Catholics, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Ugandan Asians... If you can't find any in your family you're probably not looking hard enough.

We forget about these people because yesterday's refugees no longer look like refugees. They're our neighbours, our colleagues, our grandparents, our in-laws.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/15/immigration.familyandrelationships