Bob Geldof offers to house four refugee families

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JK Rowling, Mary Portas, Stan Collymore and others join calls for Europe to welcome those seeking sanctuary

Celebrities, authors and footballers have spoken out to pledge their support for the thousands of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe.

Bob Geldof, in a highly charged interview on Irish radio, offered to take in four families immediately and give them shelter in his homes in Kent and London. Geldof said: “If there’s a new economy then there needs to be a new politics, and it’s a failure of that new politics that’s led to this disgrace, this absolute sickening disgrace,” he said.

“I’m prepared – I’m lucky, I’ve a place in Kent and a flat in London – me and (partner) Jeanne would be prepared to take three families immediately in our place in Kent and a family in our flat in London, immediately, and put them up until such time as they can get going and get a purchase on their future.”

 

He told RTÉ the images of three-year-old Syrian Aylan Kurdi’s body being washed up on a Turkish beach, and other distressing reports from borders and cities across Europe, were a source of shame.

“I look at it with profound shame and a monstrous betrayal of who we are and what we wish to be,” he said.

“We are in a moment currently now that will be discussed and impacted on in 300 years time.”

 

On her Twitter account, the author JK Rowling added her support to the refugees welcome campaign that is spreading across Europe.

 

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling)

September 3, 2015

If you can't imagine yourself in one of those boats, you have something missing. They are dying for a life worth living. #refugeeswelcome

 

Mary Portas, the fashion retail expert, added her name to the refugees welcome campaign, urging her followers to sign a Save the Children petition for urgent EU action and for Britain to take its fair share of refugees.

 

Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, is among those supporting the campaign to show solidarity for those trying to start a new life in Europe after fleeing war zones in Syria and elsewhere. “I remember Doug Ellis and our team taking aid to Bucharest in 1997 ahead of playing Steaua [Bucureşti], and also Birmingham is a vibrant multicultural community,” he said. “I think our great club could and should do our bit to help.”

 

He also said he would look after a refugee family in his own home.

 

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore)

September 2, 2015

If my government allows, I'll take a Syrian family in my home for a year, tomorrow @leehayward1970 . Will you? Or just b---h?

 

The authors Rosamund Lupton, David Nicholls, Francesca Simon and Marian Keyes were among the writers and publishers who added their money to a fund set up by the children’s author Patrick Ness which will be given to Save the Children. Ness pledged to match the first £10,000 of donations, and by Friday he had raised more than £200,000.

 

— Patrick Ness (@Patrick_Ness)

September 4, 2015

And @MarianKeyes has just donated (yayayay!!!), so now if we get to £230,000, @simon_francesca donates another £10k! http://t.co/iDgBrCwj2E

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/04/bob-geldof-jk-rowling-mary-portas-stan-collymore-refugees-welcome

 

 

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Europe is killing itself

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Europe is killing itself

How?

I don't see the problem. There's about 1 or 2 million refugees, which is a very small percentage of the overall population of the rich countries. We have the resources to help these people, and yes, maybe it will lead to a decline in buying power by like 0.5% for the rest of the people but so be it, we can live without that money. They need it.

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Europe is killing itself

Some of the xenophobic Americans should just stay quiet on this issue. Your whole country is made out of immigrants. Your ancestors were immigrants.

Europe will be just fine. We need more humanity. 

 

 

[Rock Jock 993]

You'll see

[AbuHassan1992 766]

Europe is killing itself

we're all people. I want you to imagine your whole family, all your friends, every one you ever knew and your whole city in the situation of these refugees, and tell me you wouldn't appreciate someone taking you in and giving you shelter

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That is very beautiful to see ! Famous people should stand up for what's good and important.

And the immigrant issue is very important right now, we NEED to help those people, it is our duty if we want to call ourselves civilized. I still see so much hate, ignorance against the issue.. that is the real problem of Europe, the real danger, the real enemy are the ignorant and immoral capitalist politicians and the people blinded by their propaganda .

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You'll see

Yes omg Europe is so f*cked right.....but it's okay to let Lebanon have 1 million of Syrian refugees. Check the size of Lebanon on a map and we can talk about the future of Europe later...