Next instalment of the fringe meeting at Lib Dem conference Yasmine Nahlawi (Rethink Rebuild Society: the Voice of the Syrian Community of Manchester) is a second generation Syrian here in the UK which is now her home. She reminded us that Syria itself had taken in over I million refugees over recent years, before the atrocities started, from countries such as Palestine and Iraq. We all have responsibilities for each other. Whilst some of the most vulnerable are being taken by the UK, many are just not being considered, and there is more detail of that on the excellent briefing document she handed out at the meeting, and is attached here to look at 2015-11-27 Refugees-Event in Parliament. Please do take the time to read it, it is a good concise summary of a larger document you can see here if you want more detail. She stressed how important it was, that when people came to the UK they were desperate to learn to speak English. It is the key to living life here, getting a job, and being part of our community. The only provision for asylum seekers is classes when they have been here for 6 months, otherwise it is only what the voluntary sector can provide. She ended with a plea for us all not to restrict our compassion to Syrians, there are people fleeing from many different countries and circumstances. In particular there are many asylum seekers who are destitute and homeless. She commended to us hosting schemes where people could put up an asylum seeker who was destitute under one of the schemes there are for such in a number of places. In response to questions we were told by the panel how important it was that we built bridges, and not put up walls in the refugee crisis – and what is happening now, whilst bad enough, is going to get worse as climate change makes millions homeless and without the means to make a living.