"I have not implied that refugees are claiming to be what they are not. "
You raised an accusation (which incidentally originates from a report from a fundamentalist Iranian newspaper reporter). that 'refugees' were entering the country illegally by buying tickets for football matches'
"The Telegraph today tells of 'refugees' getting trips to Russia (no Visa needed if you've got a World Cup fan ID) and trying to cross the border into Finland.
The implication of the inverted commas around the word 'refugees' implies that they are fakes.
"You refuse to accept that the term refugees applies to a number of persons in specific circumstances"
I do no such thing Nigel - where have I?
I say that there are refugees from wars we have helped to cause and there are refugees from poverty we have equally helped to cause
I have never mentioned either migrants nor immigrants
The dishonesty is yours
Like Iains, you have at no time attempted to address the conditions of the refugees or the cause of their being forced to flee from they homes - you certainly have never addressed Britain's part in this awful situation, neither to deny or defend it
You input has been to question their validity - that seems to be the right-wing approach to such matters - blame the victims
Jim Carroll