One of the boys, Tristan, eight, thanked the 62-year-old former England footballer for ‘defending the refugees’.
Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker outside his home in London on Saturday
Two boys posted letters through the 62-year-old former England footballer’s door in front of a pack of reporters and photographers awaiting comment after he was told to “step back” from his Match Of The Day hosting duties in an impartiality row. Lineker has previously taken refugees into his home, including a 26-year-old man from Turkey who was caught up in a military coup and escaped 18 months of imprisonment.He previously offered his Surrey home to a refugee from the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?The response of locals in Barnes, south-west London, to the presence of reporters has been mixed.
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