When the Ukraine war started, you might have asked yourself what you would do if war broke out in your own country. Would you sit tight, and wait for the bombs to drop? Would you sign up and fight? Or, would you look for a way to keep your family safe? At least 12 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia invaded. Many people in the UK even opened their homes to these refugees, through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

While opening their arms and their borders to refugees from Ukraine however, European governments have been waging war against refugees from other countries. Back in 2015, the global media alerted us to a ‘migrant crisis’ in Europe – but were they calling it a crisis for those fleeing, or for the countries receiving them?