Come on Europe, you shameful cowards, why do you refuse to let in more asylum seekers?

The concerns you expressed are legitimate ones and need to be addressed. However, in the face of a humanitarian crisis such as this one, the greater need is for the urgent rescue and care of these poor refugees. Consider the golden rule?

If you were one of them, what would you wish others would do on your behalf? I take it you are British? (Reference to Cameron) Many people from other places have been absorbed into your own country.

Do you also believe that they are parasites and deserved to be denied sanctuary? My own ancestors came from Russia and Poland to the United States, back at the turn of the 19th century. They fled from persecution , pogroms and starvation, not unlike today's refugees in question.

They made the difficult journey, the cultural transition, and lived without support or any sort of help to make good lives for themselves and their children. They became taylors and merchants, so that their children could become doctors and lawyers, and so their childrens' children could become artists and poets. They contributed much to both the culture, economy and well being of my country.

Case in point, me: my grandfather was a tailor. His daughter became a teacher. His son, my father, worked as a radio and t.v.

Repairman, though he longed for education and a career as a marine biologist. My mother was a physician's assistant and an author. I became a clinical social worker and a psychologist, now an artist and photographer.

We established independence, as a family, right from the beginning. My husband's family was much the same, only his uncle, who came from Russia as a young man, began carrying lumber in the oil fields to help build the first derricks. He rose, eventually, to owning most of the land that now houses Los Angeles International Airport.

There are many other stories of success and contribution in our families, all from the starting point of having been refugees. Please reconsider your belief that these desperate people will be "parasites" and take away something, rather than enriching your country and your culture. Good wishes.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.