“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of their skin, or their background, or their religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” NELSON MANDELA
For Ireland to continue to grow and develop, we need to accept and support all forms of migration. Migration can provide rich cultural diversity and enhance the well-being of our society at many levels, including socially, culturally, and economically. The positive contribution of migration to the social and economic progress of the receiving country is widely acknowledged.
As individuals, families and communities, we can look out for the newcomer in our schools, workplaces and neighbourhoods and try to get to know and welcome those newly arrived. Ireland, therefore, has an opportunity to do things differently as it relates to its policy on migration and asylum.
This Refugee Week, we at Crosscare are happy to support the production and distribution throughout Christian Churches of a new, accessible booklet, Room at the Inn—A Welcome for the Stranger.
Click here to read or download a copy: Room at the Inn. A welcome for the Stranger
