I am the lead coordinator of a local community sponsorship group that has raised the funds to bring a Syrian refugee family to Wales. Today the dad asked me if I had seen the report on the news about the two Syrian refugee children in school in Huddersfield. I guess he is nervous now that his own children may be the victims of such bullying. All I could do was to try to reassure him that unfortunately there are always a handful of idiots who think that it is ok to bully others, regardless of their ethnicity.
Thankfully in the 6 months they have been here there have been no issues and long may that continue. I’d like to think in Wales we are more accepting of foreigners especially those who have been forced to leave their homes and everything/everyone they knew behind. Just hope we don’t get some copycat idiots thinking that this is a clever thing to do. If our family are anything to go by, the kids are great - very polite, respectful and keen to learn – maybe that’s what most annoys the bullies in a school situation?