We certainly need an antidote to the poison infecting much public comment about asylum seekers and refugees. Susan HofsteedeBangor, Gwynedd• How good to highlight the contribution to culture of wartime refugees. Jinty NelsonLondon• Your correspondents urging compassion for those attempting to cross the Channel are quite right (Letters, 31 December). Mary Radoux GomezBirkenhead• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters• Do you have a photo you’d like to share with Guardian readers? Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2019 16:52 UTC