Sounds familiar

Completely agree with the sentiment but all I will say is that doesn't mean that I always think my siblings have made the best choices for themselves or that I will automatically agree with the choices they make. Will leave it at that though as it all seems to be resolved now and wishing her the best going forward.

To be fair, this case isn’t exactly comparable - Singh works at a welfare council for immigrants and thus his case would get more attention from the press because he works in the field, so to speak. I think Margo absolutely has a point about people being privileged - the press may be more inclined to listen to certain stories than others.

Well, here's another one then:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5891025/Family-Trinidad-Tobago-lived-UK-14-years-faces-torn-apart.html

Can you explain to me the 'privilege' that this family from Trinidad cashed in on to get a sympathetic ear from the Daily Mail (of all newspapers!)?

If you're not happy with this one, there's literally hundreds more out there - from the BBC, from the online and print media etc...

And, no, Margo does not have a point.  The reality is that these stories are reported about people from all walks of life. 

And the reason for that is the press loves stories that highlight what the government isn't doing a good job at. 

I don't even have to look.

If you are an immigrant, you are my brother/sister!

Heh, now that's more like it!