I haven’t said much about the migrates into Europe and I have no excuse to avoid their plight.
The BBC tells us most come from war zones or places of deepening conflict. It seems to me that wiser destination countries should be looking at the causes of these wars and the causes of migration in its entirety before punishing those migrating. They are refugees and the only reason we don’t call them that is the legal obligation we have for refugees which doesn’t cover migrants. We should also be aware that many coming to the UK are from previous conquered countries of the British Empire. So the UK is doubly ethically responsible to them.
People do not up-and-leave countries in which they are happy and safe. Why they are unhappy and unsafe should be our focus.
#rwanda
#migrants