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Respect for all

Anonymous

April 26, 2023

Respect for all

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One of the key policy issues that interested the population in Europe before the pandemic was migration. Particularly, in Belgium, the government fell in 2019 because a majority in the parliament without the country's largest party at the time voted to ratify the UN-Migration pact (Marrakesh pact). I believe that we, as Europeans, cannot be proud of our economic and social successes when we are not able to treat every human being with the respect he or she deserves. It has a certain shame and hypocrisy to it.
With increasing migrant flows due to instabilities in Central and Northern Africa, countries in the south of Europe and Turkey are confronted with large numbers of people looking for a brighter future. These people are often not treated in accordance with the European values and with the respect that they deserve. And, additionally, the issue is causing questionable foreign policy outcomes regarding Turkey.
As a people, we need a change of mind and connotation to refugees, and arguably economic migrants. More awareness about people's backgrounds and transparency about how we treat the people in need at our borders could help in that regard.
The solution I think lies not only in letting everyone enter Europe unconditionally, but also provide resources and support communities in the global South to develop themselves, and become more resilient to negative events.

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