Your Royal Poetess

HOPE AWAY FROM HOME

by Your Royal Poetess

Wednesday 21st June 2023 10:26 pm

Home is where the heart is,

But where does hope live?

Travelling thousands of miles to seek asylum,

Because many of their home countries have conflict, persecute or exile them.

Now in a foreign land in search of peace,

However, labelled "immigrants" or "illegal" by people with misguided beliefs.

Thus the hostile environment is created,

Unless you are from Ukraine you do not know what your fate is.

So you live in rough accommodation for months or even years,

Waiting for the Home Office to relieve you of your worst fears.

We need to stand with refugees of yesterday, today or tomorrow,

As life is often a tough pill to swallow.

We can be their hope away from home,

So they no longer have to feel alone.

🌷 (7)

Refugee week world refugee day

◄ 恋は盲目 (love is blind)

ハートの女王 / Hāto no joō ►

Comments

M.C. Newberry

Fri 23rd Jun 2023 17:11

YRP - your most recent stricture noted. No comment.

Your Royal Poetess

Thu 22nd Jun 2023 21:04

Any comments against asylum seekers and refugees are not welcome here.

So please do not feel free to express such opinions.

Graham Sherwood

Thu 22nd Jun 2023 16:42

As you mention Ukraine, I think here lies the problem.
When the refugees came from Ukraine, they were solely women and children (the men were forbidden to leave, even if they wanted to). With so many of the other illegal immigrants, almost the reverse is the case, mostly young men seeking economic opportunities having left their families behind.
I believe that is the major stumbling block for acceptance within the UK population. Why are they so ready to leave their loved ones in danger?
Whilst your motives for writing and defending this piece are to be applauded, winning hearts and minds of the population here in the UK will be harder than floating across the channel to get here

Your Royal Poetess

Thu 22nd Jun 2023 16:12

I don't think the century matters, there will always be conflict and much more in many countries, it could be due to a difference in religion, land, money, power etc...

Some examples:

Iran, the oppression of women, extremist who pretend they are doing stuff in the name of religion, when they are just murdering people daily who don't abide by their policies

Uganda, policies against anyone who is homosexual, removed the right for women to withdraw consent and so much more

Afghanistan, the taliban takeover which speaks for itself, but mainly the oppression of women and worse

I think if you help the people going through these situations you would have a completely different retrospect.

Personally, I am not concerned with diversity, that is not why I help people and speak out for them, it is more to do with being educated enough to understand what they have been through and how to help lift them up. Maybe one day they can use what they learn and go back home when things are better. No one actively leaves their homeland with no money or clothes just for the sake of it, they don't have a choice in the matter.

Also, just to add to my below point in response to Keith, resentment is not the result of the 'influx of immigrant'. Its poor government policy surrounding immigration and lack education for the masses. People migrating are often used as bailouts for the corruption in the government, or as a reason they fell through on the promises they made to be elected.

M.C. Newberry

Thu 22nd Jun 2023 11:32

Humanity like charity begins "at home" and one should look
very closely at how and why people decide to depart/
abandon their own lands in this 21st century. As for diversity,
it is always encouraged by the diverse. Fair enough. But there
is always a limit to everything in life...necessary to retain
balance and stability in nature, of which we are all a part.

Your Royal Poetess

Thu 22nd Jun 2023 00:55

It is not a poem to show my sympathy, it is me saying to the world I stand with all asylum seekers and refugees and I'm here for you. I see you as people and you are not "immigrants" but people temporarily displaced due to various different factors.

The title is the theme for world refugee day and I'm just conveying how things are in the U.K. and the hostile environment the government has created, yet this country was built off people from outside of the U.K., look at the wind rush scandal, the NHS and so many more examples. It would not be what it is today without the transatlantic slave trade or those from 'foreign' countries.

The only burden is our government and their corruption, asylum seekers live off £9 a week and are abandoned by the Home Office if you are not from Ukraine. It is all crazy to me, and that's why I don't just talk it but I make a change everyday to ensure they have a better life. I come from a place of privilege and I sure as hell will use it to give back in every way I can.

It is not controversial at all, it is very simple. People need help, help them..

keith jeffries

Thu 22nd Jun 2023 00:16

A highly controversial subject which seems to find little agreement. People who flee tyrannical regimes need every assistance to find a safe place. This must be done safely and legally and not at the expense of people traffickers. Far too many poor souls have ended up on the bottom of the ocean as a result of these unscrupulous people. When Germany bombed the UK in the second world war and threatened invasion the people of the UK did not leave for other lands but remained steadfast and fought for their freedom. A constant influx of immigrants legal or otherwise, places an increased burden on health, education and social services. This is a cause of resentment. This debate is endless. Underpinning this issue is the need to be both vigilant and compassionate. We cannot be the indefinite home for all those who are displaced in the world.
your poem arises quite naturally from a strong sense of sympathy for the plight of immigrants/ refugees. This is commendable. One can only hope that those countries from which they flee will one day achieve freedom and democracy themselves and so solve this ongoing heartache.
Thank you for a splendid poem in defence of many who are suffering in ways we cannot imagine.
Keith

Your Royal Poetess

Wed 21st Jun 2023 22:25

Artwork - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2019/dec/25/we-never-chose-this-refugees-use-art-to-imagine-a-better-world-in-pictures

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