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Wednesday 7th December I was invited to attend the APPG on Migration meeting with the Medicin Sans Frontiere report on Out of Libya Opening Safe Pathways for Vulnerable Migrants stuck in Libya.. the meeting revealed the terrible way humans can treat other humans.  Time we matured into caring beings.. the message of the season is for all time Peace and Goodwill for all mankind and creation.  Time and time again delusions of power ego gets in the way.  

You can read the report on this link MSF Out of Libya report

The meeting had input from the UNHCR and how some migrants do get help with resettlement to safer host countries.  The first point on understanding the situation of migrants I highlight from my overall observation over the years and around global hotspots...is that when a regime falls there can be an implosion of ideologies and groups filling the hole in the political system.  Groups fracture and can conflict fighting one another instead of togetherness and creating a democracy where voices heard, listened to and find mutual compromise to build a future in peace & harmony. All religions carry the Divine message (not a division message) that is to be Egoless Selfless Care for one another and all creation on our home planet Earth. So we cannot blame religion for fracture as conflict and hurting one another means no one understands the message with their heart and soul.  Mind is too full of ego anger & selfishness.

From all the war conflict distorted minds bring .. we are now seeing the results of not caring for our planet home. We are seeing on ever growing grand scale migration due to climate extreme weather and crisis.. Droughts Flooding destroying farmland to feed populations and destroying infrastructures.  We need mature togetherness to stop ego driven wars and violence to urgently see we have a collective battle to undo the damage to our planet home for our future generations.. We are on a tipping edge of not ever having future generations as we destroy all that supports life!

I brought to the meeting how much difference there was in our UK handling of Ukrainian refugees.. Be it an elaborate entry clearance visa outside our borders I had witnessed the dignity and care as I travelled back & forth between Brussels and London. Ukrainian refugees given free travel on Eurostar cared for with love and compassion by staff. A welcome team of volunteers from Cambden Council at London St Pancras station with the station providing a reception room with supplies and advice, support and guidance.

It was lovely to be back in Parliament in person instead of zooming in ..lol in pjs. The parliament staff so kind to me .. I lobbied my MP John McDonnell and we had a good half hour over tea updating on international issues and my projects with refugees. 

I thanked Black Rod for the care of our Queen in the time of mourning. I expressed hope that has so many had come in Westminster Hall to pay respects, those that had never been in parliament would see it is a Peoples Parliament.  We discussed as all have the constitutional right to lobby MPs.. and you can lobby in Lords too. We can attend APPG All Party Parliamentary Groups even create a APPG on an issue that you felt was not receiving enough attention to understand & problem solve . We have our voices in parliament! 

I want to add in closure of this post a poem with a message for us all