We’re quick to label refugees as either ‘good’ or ‘bad’, but they’re all entitled to protection

A refugee I met last year in Canada has been charged with beating his wife.

The ensuing coverage has encapsulated the extremes of the immigration debate.

Man who beat wife said he didn’t know it was against the law,” read the headline.

Underneath, a photo of a man I knew very well – a man I’d once sympathised with.

A distinctive underbite, thick salt and pepper hair, olive skin.

I read on, with mounting…