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Gary Lineker has revealed he is will have a second refugee stay in his £4million home after taking one in from Pakistan last year.
The former England football ace, 59, said offering up a place for a refugee to stay in his Surrey house made him learn 'a lot'.
He is finalising paperwork with a refugee charity at the moment and will soon take in another person from Balochistan.
Gary Lineker (pictured) has revealed he was surprised the 'very smart' refugee who recently stayed at his £4million home wasn't a fan of cricket
'I will never be able to comprehend being attacked for wanting to help people who are being bombed, who are risking their lives jumping on dinghies because they're so desperate,' he told The Sun.
'How can anyone have a total lack of empathy for people in the most dire circumstances?
He added: 'It wasn't just a one-off like the public perception was.
'It's genuine. I got a lot out of it, and it was just a wonderful experience.'
More than 17,085 people had made the dangerous journey so far this year across the English Channel. Pictured: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers, following a small boat incident in the Channel
A group of migrants being brought to shore in Dover after being found crossing the Channel
Lineker welcomed law student Rasheed into his Surrey home through the charity Refugees At Home in August, after he was criticised for 'virtue signalling' when
