European shame

Europe reacts against the immigrants as if there had not been permanent migrations in the entire history of humanity. To hide their shame they adduce the crisis they are going through and the preservation of their identities; fear and pettiness weigh heavily. They should know that they are not barbarians but simple humans those that flee from collapsed countries; in the same way that Europeans did so many times, fleeing from wars and huge socioeconomic downturns. With one difference: they were welcomed by countries from all over the world and with time they become socially and culturally integrated into those societies. If migrants that try to reach Europe are progressive and fully integrated, they also will not undermine the diverse European cultures but instead will contribute to enrich and invigorate them.

 

It is worth noting that migrants are not in themselves a problem but they could become a problem if they are not well treated, discriminated, condemned. It is true that it is not easy to integrate large migratory flows but certainly it is possible to do so with good programs and kind attitudes. Otherwise, hate and resentment are sown and ghettos will pullulate. Nor it cannot be ignored, even less forgotten, that the European colonization of countries that today expel population subjected those territories to a merciless extraction of resources, breaking up local societies and institutions. This colonial extraction of resources extended during all the XX century and continues in this XXI.

 

The underlying issue that some people try to conceal is that a sustainable, peaceful global development can only emerge if vulnerable countries and sectors could capitalize in their own benefit the immense amount of resources that keep flowing to central countries, including Europe. The victims are sad and sorely casualties and no responsibility should be placed on them, rather it should be placed on the crushing economic forces that impose the tremendous concentrating dynamic that prevails in the world today.

 

Greetings

 

The Editors’