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Six people have been killed in London over the last seven days. Since the start of the new year there has been an unfortuneate rise in the number of deaths in London as a result to knife crime.

The met police have put out statments reassuring the public that they have everything under control, but for most people in the capital that doesn’t seem to be enough.

Some people are saying it’s the parents that need to take control of their children, because most of the standings are amongst young people aged 15 - 21 years old.

              The one most important lesson I have learned since becoming an adult is that we are all just children with responsibilities.
              Not in the sense that we run around playing in an imaginative world and take the time out of our day to color and have nap time, but in a way that suggests we only want to have fun too.
              I love being busy and having responsibilities that keep me in check, but I also love to have a good time and forget all about said responsibility.

At this point I accepted the fact that choosing what to write my blog post about is going to be a recurring struggle for me. This one isn’t going to be in any way unique or extremely original, but at least I’ll get to express my thoughts and maybe it’ll be more relevant considering the upcoming referendum in Ireland.

I've had many restless nights this term, disturbed by odd dreams and peculiar notions. The few opportunities I've had to sleep have been disquieting.

Wandering through cyclopean, desert labyrinths. Chasing misty lights through impossible forests. Being eaten.

I love binge watching TV series. Last year I binge watched all seven seasons of Game of Thrones in one week.

International attempts to secure the release of refugees from Libyan detention centres to Niger have come to a halt according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).

A senior official from the UN agency told Members of European Parliament on 5^th March that if more refugees and asylum seekers were not dispatched onwards from Niger to EU states, then the country may stop taking in people from Libya.

Since the beginning of this year, over 4,000 refugees have arrived in Italy according to official Italian Ministry of Interior figures.

After almost 7 months in England, I finally feel at home.

It was the conclusion with which I had dreamed to finish the year.

My first months abroad were mixed in a flood of unclear feelings. The arrival in a university system different from all that I had known until then was a challenge, which I managed to overcome thanks to the cocoon created by the centre for journalism.