I couldn’t remain insensitive to the story ‘Taking my protection away is inhumane’, (The Sunday Times of Malta, December 18).

The article highlighted how a Nigerian mother who has lived here for eight years faces the possibility of being sent back to Nigeria due to a change in policy over the Temporary Humanitarian Protection  (THPn) status.

During this Christmas week, which, for Christians, is a feast of sharing, giving and thinking of those who are most marginalised in our society, the Maltese government is reviewing the THPn. This is causing panic and distress among a number of migrants who have settled in Malta.

We shall soon be collecting money for L-Istrina to be distributed among the most vulnerable of our society.  But, I ask, what’s the use of all this money if we are not able to show by deeds – and not simply by pledges – that when dealing with the most vulnerable, love should be unconditional? How humiliating it is for us Christians to hear this poor woman reprimand us when she says: “This country says it’s Christian.  It has to act like one”.

St Mother Teresa never looked for any gain whenever she dealt with the most vulnerable members of society. “Love until it hurts” was her driving force.

When dealing with such people no law except the law of love should guide us. Reviewing a policy should never be done at the expense of humanity or the common good.

Let us always put the dignity of the human person at the centre of our policies.