Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: 🌨️ 29 – 43° in Logan | 💧❄️ 90% 🌨️ 38 – 47° in Salt Lake | 💧❄️ 90% 🌤️ 44 – 61° in St. George | 💧 20% “When you exist between a home you can’t return to and a closed door to a fresh start, some ... are stuck with nowhere else to go.” So writes James L. Walker, who recently visited a Danish deportation center. The 200 or so refugees who call it home have not been accused or found guilty of any crime. However, their applications for asylum in Denmark have been rejected. There are more refugees on the planet now than at any time in recorded history. The majority are hosted by poor, low- and middle-income countries, and countries in the Middle East and Africa — which take in the most asylum seekers — are overwhelmed. “Even the doors to wealthy, progressive countries — like Denmark — are slowly closing,” Walker writes. “Resources are finite, they say, and the priority must be taking care of their own citizens.” Read more about what it’s like for those who leave home to survive and can never go back. Also on our minds: |