On the world stage: Actress blasts Westminster’s lack of care for refugees

0 Actress and campaigner Emma Thompson has accused the UK government of a ‘dearth of compassion’ in its treatment of refugees, insisting Britain has a duty of care towards people who are fleeing ‘from the jaws of death’. She said offering a new home to refugees could make the country ‘infinitely richer’ and ‘infinitely more human’. The Oscar-winner spoke out in Edinburgh yesterday as she collected a £500,000 cheque from the People’s Postcode Lottery for the Helen Bamber Foundation. The human rights charity works with asylum-seekers and refugees, including those who have suffered from torture and human trafficking.