Last Stop: Erding

My last stop on the journey from Lesbos to Germany was at the camp at Erding Airforce Base near Munich.

Located about forty minutes from the city it's a very isolated spot, with the large tents, that collectively could accommodate perhaps 5,000 people, ringed by fences and fields.

The site is run by the Red Cross and I was told that the refugees here are exclusively from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. They only stay for about 24 hours after arriving from Austria before the German Government distributes them to smaller camps across the country.

Germans I spoke to seemed proud of their country's extraordinary efforts, having taken in about 1 million refugees, but also concerned that the rest of Europe isn't sharing the burden. They say that if other countries don't step up soon then the mood in Germany could quickly change. It's clear that if the German border was closed then the entire route across the Balkans would very quickly collapse and be overwhelmed.

It's now time for the UK to step up and share this responsibility before such a catastrophe is allowed to happen.