[user104658]

Can we care for and shelter everyone in the world? No of course not. Should they be sent back if they don't have a legitimate case for asylum? Probably.

You can say all of that whilst also acknowledging that they are human beings, that the lives they have come from are - by our standards - unfathomably horrible. You can acknowledge that you are incredibly ****ing lucky to live in a nation that people are fighting to get into instead of fighting to get out of, and you can have the decency to admit that if you were in their shoes you would most likely be doing exactly the same thing.

The situation is tragic. Yes, we realistically have to turn them away. But we should be doing so whilst saying "We're so, so sorry, but we just can't" instead of "Ugh! Yuck! Back where you came from, scum!". Say it with genuine regret that we aren't able to help our fellow human beings. Not with spite and anger. Not by talking about people like vermin. It's sickening.