Cold comfort: Anne M Jones attends a vigil for refugees

‘Each person has – had – a name, a story, a family.’

by Anne M Jones 7th February 2025

I really did not want to leave the house. The temperature was at zero. But beckoning me was the monthly vigil for refugees outside the Home Office. At times like these scepticism preys upon my procrastination: what has changed in the five years we’ve been gathering? Does praying change anything? The jury is out on the latter, and everyone knows the answer to the first.