I ENTIRELY agree with James Roberts regarding the shortcomings of the capitalist system and cannot understand why millions of individuals are prepared to risk the lives of their families to reach our corrupt western democracies.

Surely Russia, with a demographic deficit of 800,000 workers per annum, (according to Reuters), would welcome them and by merely crossing the border from Turkey into Russia they would all be able to experience President Putin’s egalitarian utopia - spread the word James.

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