. . . (migrants) are “exceptional people”. Over centuries, . . . , it has been immigrants and refugees who have been part of the alchemy of any country’s success: they are driven, hungry and talented and add to the pool of entrepreneurs, innovators and risk-takers. The hundreds of thousands today who have trekked across continents and dangerous seas are by any standards unusually driven. They are also, . . . , fellow human beings. To receive them well is not only in our interests, it is fundamental to an idea of what it means to be human.
reading in the Observer today
4 comments:
Thank you for posting this. We live in such crazy times, it's heartening to read a thoughtful perspective.
"To receive them well is not only in our interests, it is fundamental to an idea of what it means to be human."
"The alternative is too dark to contemplate."
Thank you for your post and the link to the Observer article.
Here in the USA, we have idiots like Donald Trump (heaven help us-as my mother would say) saying complete nonsense about migrants and other politicians falling all over themselves to be just as stupid. It's appalling and embarrassing to be an American.
We are ALL migrants and refugees in this country except for the folks already here when we landed! Sheesh.
X Beth
Absolutely. I couldn't agree more.
(However, it appears your column is in the Guardian, not the Observer. I feel obligated to point this out as a former newspaper man myself. :) )
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