It seems we need pictures of dead children to awake the insular British conscience to the catastrophe that is happening on the shores of Italy and Greece to name the most obvious areas. But it is awake at last and we would like action from our councils. We have empty houses and there are people willing to take in refugees, I being one, but we need support in doing this. Where is the framework for us to successfully do this?

Fleur Kelly, Mells