Dear Mrs Hopkins,

I came across your piece in my English lesson. I was amazed at how you got away with what you said. You are very obnoxious. You talk about the migrants/refugees like they are meaningless and have no value to the world. I see your opinions as completely irrational and cruel.

You see these people as opportunists and not people who are fleeing for an actual reason. These people are escaping a war which has changed the lives of millions for the worst, they are seeking a better life, somewhere safe. Away from a life that they have to be worried that they would be killed. Somewhere they can be safe with their family. The things you say are shallow and you are not seeing things the way they have it.

Even though their situation is tough enough, migrants and refugees go through a very tough process to make it to the country they end up in. Most of the time, if they go as a group, they lose people. Families losing each other. As if life was not hard enough, they are losing close friends and family. With that said, you still call migrants ‘cockroaches’.

With very simple research I quickly found out even how more wrong you are about the migrants, I found out that migrants bring in more money than they take out. They have contributed £25 billion to the UK’s economy. They work hard but they earn less than any average person from the United Kingdom. Since 2001-2011 migrants have paid 34% in taxes than benefits. Migrants do all of this but are treated worse than others. Even with such a hate towards them. Many of the things we have would not have been available without the migrants, many of the UK’s doctors are from a foreign country. The primary sector is done by migrants, the factory workers are mostly migrants too. Clearly without the migrants, the UK will not be in the good state it is in now.

With migration increasing, the idea of having more nationalities and cultures is not so rare. It brings multiple cultures to one place making the opportunities for new things and methods to be discovered very high. Many times has it happened that migrants have done something for Britain. The migrants that can be taken in to Britain can shape the society for a better way, they can show us different ways to do things. It will also show that Britain is very caring towards other nations and its civilians in its time of struggles.

Britain takes in very few of the refugees. This shows that the false information which has been fed by journalists by you is shaping the nation for the worst. You try to refer to the refugees as migrants to make yourself seem better. You try to hide some of your harsh words from the public which does not give a positive impact for the future, closing the doors to those in need. The bias media coverage from people like you is what makes the country worse, not some migrants and refugees.

After WW1 and WW2, Germany, France and England were in no state of recovery. The countries being in that state meant that people had to migrate away. Most of the migrants travelled to America, which ended up well for America clearly. America became a superpower during those tines, and had many advantages due to the many new nationalities. Lessons can be learnt from those occurrences.

Safety is something all people deserve to have. No matter what country you are from, actions have consequences and one day you will be put in a situation where when you ask for help, backs will be turned towards you. You will be left to face your problems alone.The race of the person seeking help should not matter. As human beings we should be able to happily help each other. That is the point on in which I will leave you on. Use your power in journalism wisely, Miss Hopkins, do not waste such power on opinions like such. Use it on helping form this country to be a better place.

Daniel Zibaee