In an interview to Ireland's RTE Radio 1, British musician Bob Geldof expressed his disgust for the refugee crisis in Europe and offered his home to refugee families.
Geldof, who is also an aid campaigner, said he would welcome four refugee families immediately at his family home in Kent and flats in London.
"If there's a new economy then there needs to be a new politics and it's a failure of that new politics that's led to this disgrace, this is absolute sickening disgrace," he said on RTE Radio. I'm prepared - I'm lucky, I've a place in Kent and a flat in London - me and (partner) Jeanne would be prepared to take four families immediately in our place in Kent and a family in our flat in London, immediately, and put them up until such time as they can get going and get a purchase on their future."
Geldof also told RTE that he cannot "stand what is happening" and said the images of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi's body washed ashore on a Turkish beach and horrific reports from the borders and cities across Europe, were a source of shame. "I look at it with profound shame and a monstrous betrayal of who we are and what we wish to be," he said.
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Geldof said he decided to "put his money where his mouth is", when he could not understand the limited response from governments to such a terrible crisis.
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RTE Radio tweeted Geldof's entire interview. You can listen to him speak about the refugee crisis at 37:34.
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