You would have to have been hiding under a rock for the past few decades to not notice the World’s growing problems with refugees. Everyone is pointing the finger at each other thinking that it is someone else’s problem. Since the ‘war on terror’ the USA & UK have become prime targets in the blame game. But has it only been since the strike back at Afghanistan & Iraq that we have had these problems? No. So appointing blame is a fruitless exercise. It may make you feel better to vindicate the situations as they occur (ie. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7419667.stm) , but in reality you’re pissing in the wind. The refugee problem has been a growing issue for many years before that.

But rather than lay blame & expect others to pick up the costs, isn’t it better to start dealing with ‘how to deal’ with it, rather than mopping up the mess & trying to create order out of chaos?

The immigration exodus is not going to decrease, it’s going to continue to increase. Those wishing to flee will keep on paying increasing high amounts of money to people traders (way in excess of $10,000US a person) to escape the country, and usually in transport that is life threatening anyway. Those fleeing are still arriving illegally in a country that is bursting at the seams with previous refugees. We still have to vigilant about those that arrive in our respective countries, so queues are long while the research & paper processing is conducted. Internment camps may start off well equipped and of good standard, but house hundreds of people for months/years on end, and the standards start to slip. Morality plummets, despair sets in, hope fade, resentment sets in, until finally refugees start to get more vocal. It’s an endless cycle that is occurs in all countries taking refugees in.

So what do we do? We’ve tried saying no at our shores, and while that worked in a short term, the repercussions are high & the consequences often fatal.

We need a summit. Get world leaders, humanitarians, lobbyist groups, the community, cultural leaders, and anyone else who wants to address this issue. Let’s keep that nigh light burning until we come up with something better than what we have now. New systems. New legislation. NEW IDEAS!

It’s not too late now. But it could be too late in the future.

Send off letters to your world leaders, humanitarians, lobbyist groups, the community, cultural leaders,etc. Tell them we need to address this issue. There has to be a solution to easing this global problem!!

All of our freedoms & dignity is at stake.