[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yessss I do get the feeling that her family were well off enough to have gone wherever they wanted in the western world... they just happened to choose the UK and gained permanent status by (to be fair, genuinely) claiming asylum as they couldn't continue to live safely where they had come from. However... I don't think they were bundling their few belongings into a box and abandonning home on foot, to cross the sea on a raft.

So I guess she can relate to how it feels to have to leave your home for political reasons... but, not the actual physical struggle.

Yes exactly.I don't even think she can relate personally to leaving her home country for political reasons as she was only one year old at the time.Saying she can relate to a Syrian refugee is just rubbish imo.She more than likely has sympathy for them like we all do and has heard her parents talk about moving countries.But relating to the Syrian refugees is a stretch.