Reginald Barrington wrote:12 000 die every week in uk, 163,898 avg die everyday in the world, why should we pay special homage to these 27? You suggest it is because of their skin colour, and we are the ones with the problem?
It's sad, its tragic but it is what it is.
Can't you recognise needless deaths of people who have done no wrong? If we (the UK) offered a safe means of asylum application (not necessarily a lenient one) then the business model of the people traffickers would cease to exist overnight.
But that won't happen because it would remove Patel and co's political motivation at a stroke.