The Refugee Crisis in Europe and the United Nations

A
few among us, and everywhere in the world would say, they are not our problem,
close the border and don’t let them in, and some will shoot them for disobeying
the orders.

What
do you do when you are about to be killed; it is human and even animal instinct
to save oneself and the loved ones, you will do it and I will do it. Thousands
of Refugees from Syria are walking to wherever they can walk and survive.

What
are the solutions? No government, no racists and no bigots should have the right
to uproot any one from their land, and if they do, the world community should
insist on the right to return to their own homes when things square. If we
accommodate others, which we should do as a temporary measure, we would be
legitimizing bad governments to throw the people they don’t like. As human race,
we have to diffuse crises when they emerge, if we fail to do, it will create
refugees.

Since
the world nations came together in 1948 to deal with the world wide issue of
refugees there was hope for humanity, long term security for the rich and
Justice for the weak.

We
have to strengthen the international body; the United Nations for the common
good. The bad leaders including a few American presidents have violated the
common good and have destroyed and weakened the United Nations, correction
should begin with us, Russia and China, who shamefully resort to vetoing what
98% of the nations pass. Aren’t we all created equal?

The
best thing the world can do right now is to create a safe place for refugees, no
matter where they are and who they are, and take care of them until their
homeland is restored to sanity.

The
other ugly choice the society has offered to the oppressed is the ancient Masada
example, where the trapped Jewish people committed mass suicide rather than
subject themselves to humiliation of occupiers. The other extreme is to let the
Palestinian way prevail, kill and get killed rather than be humiliated. Shame on
us the world body for creating situations, and or not finding solutions to the
situations, or not seeing the consequences of doing nothing or making wrong
decisions. We have to offer choices to the oppressed around the world. No human
has to live in humiliation.

The
Rohingya people are left with no choices, what should they do? Go the Masada way
or the Palestinian way? Have we offered them a third choice? It is in our
interest to quickly find solution to crises, if not it will become our problem
in the end.

Here
is a quote from a Native American that sums up the situation.

Chief
Seattle, said this perfectly, “All things are connected. Whatever befalls the
earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is
merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the webs, he does it to himself.”