We have come a long way since the early days of the Afghan evacuation and war in Ukraine, when large swathes of the country were adorned with yellow and gold in a show of unity.
Asking the community to accept housing queue-jumping to give refugees a home – however Whitehall presents it – risks not only their ire, but the whole cohesion of a place.
It potentially opens the door to the far right.
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