THE GROWTH OF A NATION
What
was the Syrian child responsible for? Why could not we, as a society, prevent
his death? A similar question a person suffering a sexually transmitted disease
may have after having passed on the virus to the person he loved and having
become aware of the illness. A similar question a Muslim person who went
through a successful application for a scholarship may have at the moment he
admitted his religion and the process got stuck. All these situations
previously described have, at least, one thing in common: lack of public
politics. In this way, if a series of organised public politics about migration
had been carried out by the European governments beforehand, Aylan would not
have died in the high seas. However, the fact of thousands of African immigrants
passing away in the Mediterranean Sea has never been taken as a serious matter
by the media; the countries in Europe seemed to be accustomed to this kind of events. Unfortunately
for them, this case could not be treated in the same way the others were since
it involved a child.
People
who cannot stand the hair-rising noise of bombs exploding and the inconsolable tears of their own relatives immediately made the decision to leave
the city where they live or the country affected. Not only should we take into
account that it is a process of historical transformation, but also we need to
be aware of the adjacent repercussions migration has. They do not leave the
country just because they want to. Yet, they are forced to do it since they
cannot guarantee their children a promising future. Instead of moral battles,
both citizens and governments should carry out politic plans in order to
provide the immigrants with jobs and establish a sense of social welfare. As a
consequence, not only the immigrants will grow personally but also the nation
will grow collectively.
What
about the multiculturalism Europe was known for? Why do they complain about
other human beings arriving in these safe countries? Which role does the
European Union play, the one that won the Nobel Peace Prize a few years ago?
Moreover, the sense of belonging would not be strong enough so as to impede
others living with you, but it should be strong enough to let other human
beings enrich themselves personally, culturally and economically in the same
way you could do. Trying to respect the rules intellectuals have shaped in
order for us to be able to live in a more inclusive world, governments should
not take into account xenophobes and racists’ perspectives at the moment of
making crucial decisions. Under no circumstances should we allow that escaping
from a political war in Asia turns into suffering an ethnic war in Europe. In
this way, it is needless to say that Europe should learn about hospitality
and human rights from Latin America.
