Why is the refugee crisis known as a European problem? Heart rending as it is to see these people fleeing to Europe from Syria and Africa, is it not a world problem now? How are we as a small country able to cope with any more immigrants? Are we not in crisis ourselves as a country? With the NHS at breaking point, our schools overcrowded, councils struggling to re-home British families who have been on waiting lists for years, Food Banks helping the poorer of our country, our young Brits unable to find jobs, the list goes on.These unfortunate people are mainly of Muslim faith, and one wonders why some of the richer Muslim countries are not offering to home these people instead of European countries?

Mrs Irene Harris Fordlands Crescent Fulford York