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The terrible toll of war
With increasingly sophisticated technology in today’s world of warfare, the burden of death and injury falls on civilians, writes LINDSEY GERMAN

WHAT a year this has been for refugees. Suffering all the misery of displacement, illegal travel, state brutality and discrimination, and demonised by right-wing politicians and media across the world, they are finding the borders of the richest countries closed.
The callous disregard for their fate displayed by governments has been formalised in a series of laws and directives which further endanger their lives, preventing safe passage at sea and encouraging those who might be expected to show some humanity to their plight to instead demonise them.
The death of 27 refugees crossing the Channel in a small dinghy was a crime facilitated by governments who all pander to the right in scapegoating refugees.
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