There are moments when the injustice of having to leave your country, simply because an imbecile got it into his head to invade it

For want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse the rider was lost,
For want of a rider the battle was lost,
For want of a battle the Kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

I hope some of the people who claimed “XYZ aren’t real refugees, because they were actually middle class and had to pay money to get on that boat!” read her blog. It shows the reality behind such stereotypes.

There is nothing riverbend wants to do LESS than migrate to another country. They are truly being forced out, and they are having to leave everything they hold dear. There’s nothing cynical and economically aspirational about it.