'The difference between my uncles’ story and the story of the refugees now begging for admission to Europe is one of power.' Photo: Luis Deliz / flickr CC.
Family, empire, migrant, refugee.
Alison Leonard writes about historical responsibility
by Alison Leonard
27th May 2016
When the refugee issue hit the headlines last autumn and became a crisis some words rumbled at the back of my mind and took shape in the phrase ‘chickens coming home to roost’. Slowly, I began to articulate, in a fumbling way, a line of connection between those desperate people who have lost everything and are begging for something – anything – and my own comfortable family history.
