‘When we were fighting the war, they treated us as heroes. Today, when we want a home, they throw us away,’ complains a Tunisian.
He is not alone in this grievance which has culminated into an abominable turmoil for migrants. They have been flocking towards France because Tunisia was a French colony.Some of them even have families in Italy and France.
But today, they have no where to go. The conflicts in their own country have devastated the chances of proper life and those countries where they thought they would get support are wearing an insensitive cloak around them.
In the past few months, tens of thousands of migrants, mainly Tunisians have been absconding from their respective nations, seeking asylum and security in the European Union.
This move has been severely criticized by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Both of them, in a recent political discussion at Rome have demanded strict changes against the free passport travel regime which is functional in 22 European countries, including Switzerland, Iceland and Norway.
The Immigration emergency and the Tunisian influx is definitely a problem for the European countries but my simple question is, ‘what next?’
The entire movement which now seems like a ruckus was inevitable. What is the entire aim behind investing millions, both by the Obama administration and the coalition forces if you can not take care of the migrants?
No story of political warfare has ever ended by just supplying arms and air strikes.
At the same time, I do agree that its a great sense of humility that these countries, first France and now Italy have started to play a pivotal role in Libya. But then, let us be very honest. Oil refineries and burgeoning oil prices can make any leading developed country cautious of its move, nevertheless, how much drenched are they in recession and its doomsday.
My concern, as it was in the case of Egypt, is in the case of both Libya and Syria. Even after Egypt won their independence, the Tahrir Square still witnessed protests for change in the government. What lacked in that protest was presence of ‘clear cut’ strategies.
I hardly see the doubt of ‘what next’ getting solved. The Hamas Massacre can be repeated, in no time.
Once again, no fight serves any purpose if it is just a ‘copy cat’ tactics. Gadaffi is not Mubarak or Ben Ali. We all know it, by now. Its high time when the resolutions should be set, seriously.
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