Mary, Joseph And Jesus fled to Egypt to avoid the depredations of
Herod. Let us examine the situation:
1) They were in genuine fear of losing the Christ child to Herod's
soldiers.
2) They followed today's rules (Geneva Convention and UN) by going
to the nearest safe country.
3) They would not have demanded help from the Egyptian
government.
4) They did not cross Egypt looking for a different country where
they would be financially better off.
5) They did not begin as refugees and gradually morph into economic
migrants as many undoubtedly do.
6) Their stay in Egypt was as a temporary refuge and they
ultimately returned to Nazareth when safe to do so.
7) They did not camp on the doorstep of a different nation with the
intention of criminally forcing illegal entry.
8) Unlike many 'refugees' today - they were demonstrably a family
and it was not just Joseph on his own.
As a practising Christian, I firmly believe that help must
be offered to the genuine but the assorted scallies who have latched onto this
crisis must be weeded out. These so-called 'do-gooders' who refuse to
differentiate do our nation no favours and turn millions of our citizens against
the deserving cases who really must receive our
assistance.
