These refugees are facing great peril to their lives and trying to migrate due to a sense of desperation, and hope, that is not too difficult to understand. It should be part of any nation�s moral duty to shelter the genuinely persecuted

UN Secretary General�s call for easing migration

We fully support UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s call to all governments to expand safe and legal channels of migration and act with humanity, compassion and in accordance with their international obligations. As a matter of fact we will go one step further and urge upon world leaders to rise above strict legalism when dealing with refugees that are fleeing their conflict-ridden lands facing unimaginable atrocities. There are also climate refugees who simply cannot survive in the lands of origin. Legal as well as practical solutions must appropriately respond to the various situations that forced migrants are facing. After all upholding humanity should supersede other concerns.
The population of forcibly displaced people is now 51 million, twice the entire population of Afghanistan. Yet no one fights for them. Currently, hundreds of people fleeing war and persecution die trying to reach Europe every month, despite an international legal framework, which should ensure that the human rights of refugees be respected and protected, and that migrant newcomers have the right to asylum. Unfortunately the majority of European policymakers seem to value border security above human rights. The lack of safe and legal ways to enter different countries in search of protection forces these people to rely on smugglers, being in danger of falling prey to traffickers and other criminals. They risk their lives in unseaworthy boats or by climbing the fences at the external land borders.
According to UNHCR more than 3,000 women, children and men have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea alone in the last couple of years. Ideally there must be mechanisms in place to ensure access to asylum and proper procedures for people in need of it. This could include the issuing of humanitarian visas and also lifting of visa requirements for groups, like those fleeing genocidal war going on in Syria and its neighbouring countries.
Another factor that is often overruled is the fact that the very Western nations that have exported their so-called neo-liberal policies to the developing world have also sought to curtail the migration of people who may be suffering from those policies. This has become more apparent when people from countries ravaged by wars supported by Western governments have been denied entry into those rich nations.
Of course we are not saying that every fortune seeker should be allowed in but there must be more empathy towards genuine refugees. These refugees are facing great peril to their lives and trying to migrate due to a sense of desperation, and hope, that is not too difficult to understand. It should be part of any nation’s moral duty to shelter the genuinely persecuted.

These refugees are facing great peril to their lives and trying to migrate due to a sense of desperation, and hope, that is not too difficult to understand. It should be part of any nation�s moral duty to shelter the genuinely persecuted

UN Secretary General�s call for easing migration

We fully support UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moons call to all governments to expand safe and legal channels of migration and act with humanity, compassion and in accordance with their international obligations. As a matter of fact we will go one step further and urge upon world leaders to rise above strict legalism when dealing with refugees that are fleeing their conflict-ridden lands facing unimaginable atrocities. There are also climate refugees who simply cannot survive in the lands of origin. Legal as well as practical solutions must appropriately respond to the various situations that forced migrants are facing. After all upholding humanity should supersede other concerns. The population of forcibly displaced people is now 51 million, twice the entire population of Afghanistan. Yet no one fights for them. Currently, hundreds of people fleeing war and persecution die trying to reach Europe every month, despite an international legal framework, which should ensure that the human rights of refugees be respected and protected, and that migrant newcomers have the right to asylum. Unfortunately the majority of European policymakers seem to value border security above human rights. The lack of safe and legal ways to enter different countries in search of protection forces these people to rely on smugglers, being in danger of falling prey to traffickers and other criminals. They risk their lives in unseaworthy boats or by climbing the fences at the external land borders. According to UNHCR more than 3,000 women, children and men have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea alone in the last couple of years. Ideally there must be mechanisms in place to ensure access to asylum and proper procedures for people in need of it. This could include the issuing of humanitarian visas and also lifting of visa requirements for groups, like those fleeing genocidal war going on in Syria and its neighbouring countries. Another factor that is often overruled is the fact that the very Western nations that have exported their so-called neo-liberal policies to the developing world have also sought to curtail the migration of people who may be suffering from those policies. This has become more apparent when people from countries ravaged by wars supported by Western governments have been denied entry into those rich nations. Of course we are not saying that every fortune seeker should be allowed in but there must be more empathy towards genuine refugees. These refugees are facing great peril to their lives and trying to migrate due to a sense of desperation, and hope, that is not too difficult to understand. It should be part of any nations moral duty to shelter the genuinely persecuted.