I've just seen this story on the BBC news homepage where the RNLI are being accused of acting as a taxi service for migrants trying to enter the UK on small boats from Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dejyg4l37o
The organisation and volunteers quite rightly have responded to say they make no apologies for saving lives at sea and that their work has no political motivation.
Damn straight - one of the volunteers further down the article explains the profound impact he feels of encountering people struggling in our waters.
It makes me wonder what critics of the service expect them to do - just sail away, leaving the people to die? Pick them up and cross the channel to dump them back 'where they came from'?
What is wrong with them? Where is their compassion? Regardless of your thoughts on immigration, this is so cold and inhuman....