Plight of migrants raised
Paul Parker has written an open letter to the prime minister
by Tara Craig
1st May 2015
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, has written to the prime minister to express Quakers’ concern at the plight of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean.
In the open letter, he described Quakers in Britain as being ‘shocked and angered by the needless deaths of thousands of desperate people in the Mediterranean in recent months’.
He wrote: ‘We urge you as our prime minister, in your work with other European leaders, to ensure that Britain, one of the richest countries in the world, plays its part in preventing these unnecessary drownings and addressing the economic inequality and violence which leads to these desperate attempts to reach a new home.’
