Resonating with Christmas: a story of restless travel and seeking refuge

The story of Christmas, which is so prominent in the public arena at this time of the year, is a story that resonates strongly with life in 2018.

Not because of its increasing commercialism. Not because of its sentimental schmaltz. Not because of the bustling shoppers, looking for last-minute gifts, nor because of the frazzled travellers, journeying to fraught meals with distant family.

No, the Christmas story resonates most strongly with those millions of people who are displaced and homeless, stateless and on the move, and seeking the safety of refuge in a foreign land. And there are millions of such people.

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