The sickening plight of refugees across various countries
It seems like we in the West are more perturbed about Cecil the deceased Lion and getting gift vouchers for shopping, as Christmas is fast approaching.
Since the dawn of civilisation unforeseeable economic meltdowns, catastrophic unfavourable weather conditions and national unrest are the major reasons for people to flee their countries.
From the biblical exodus of the Hebrews to the modern day relocation of Libyans, Sudanese, Syrians, Palestinians, Afghans, Somalians, Bangladeshis and Iraqis. It is a natural instinct for humans to evacuate a precarious location and search for a safe haven in uncertain and unfamiliar places.
Thousands of people have lost their lives as they try to make treacherous journeys from one location to the next. As a boy, I read and heard about tales of people coming to Europe on foot, by cars or boats and ships through North Africa. I never quite understood how it was possible till I was introduced to world geography in high school.
Italian author Mr Aldo Busi, told the press in an interview that: “I don’t buy fish from the Mediterranean any more for fear of eating Libyans, Somalians, Syrians and Iraqis. I’m not a cannibal, so now I stick with farmed fish or Atlantic cod.”
Mr Busi said this because thousands of human lives has been lost in the sea, as refugees try to cross over to Europe by any means possible. Recently in London, a peaceful protest was staged outside the Home Office by concerned citizens, accusing the European Union as a whole of using the ”Let them drown tactics”.
But the let them drown tactics as failed tremendously, because instead of the death of refugees to serve as a deterrent to others, it didn’t. Instead, more desperate people are willing to embark on the ”Life or death journey”.
The decision to open the gates to refugees was made after 366 people drowned in a single boat, which caught fire and sank a stone’s throw from a beach on the island of Lampedusa.
Among the dead included a mother who had given birth during the voyage, the umbilical cord which joins a mother and new born child was still present when divers found their lifeless bodies, trapped inside the sunken vessel.
In Italy, an estimated 4,000 migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean and brought to safety just over the weekend.
This year alone, Hungary has seen more than 120,000 migrants travel through its capital, Budapest, so far. Which is triple the amount seen last year. It seems like with each passing day, more people are willing to embark on the journey, even-though their lives are at stake.
According to the UN High Commission for Refugees, 1,600 people travelling by boat have died since June, which is roughly 25 people a day, crossing from North Africa to Italy and that figure continues to rise steadily.
You would think that if these migrants managed to make it to Europe in one piece, they would be welcomed with open hands. But in some unimaginable scenarios, that is usually not the case.
In countries such as Spain, Greece (they get to be bailed out of their financial misery again) and Malta, authorities use force to keep out refugees from coming through. We all know Adolf Hitler had a deep rooted hatred for anyone who wasn’t German, and he had a deep rooted hatred for Ashkenazi Jews - The Hebrew Israelite movement would be very angered that I called them Jews, it’s a sure bet.
So it’s no surprise that In Eastern Germany, migrants housed in one centre had to be protected by police officers, after right wing militants staged violent protests outside the center, demanding the return of the refugees.
There are no easy political solutions to tricky and emotionally charged circumstances such as these. When Silvio Berlusconi was the prime minister of Italy, he struck a deal with Colonel Muammur Gaddafi of Libya, to stop the boats setting off from Libya. It did work for a while. But the deal went up in smoke after the demise of the colonel.
It won’t be long before a total meltdown of the nation called Libya occurs, a country once praised and emulated by other African countries.
Each passing day, the horrendous and treacherous circumstances of refugees through-out affected affected nations dilapidates. A situation so sad that, one wouldn’t wish it upon one’s worst foe. It seems like we in the Western hemisphere of the planet are more bothered about Cecil the deceased Lion and also getting gift vouchers for shopping, as Christmas is fast approaching.
