On the 6th of August, there was a new tragic boat capsize with refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. This time the number of missing people is close to 200, which brings the total number of migrants that have died trying to cross the sea, up to more than 2000 so far this year.
Tragic events like these, and the overall numbers of migrants “illegally” entering Europe each year, has refueled a hot debate all over Europe.
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Italy and Greece are the two countries, which receive the most refugees trying to enter Europe by the way of sea. These two countries are suffering from the economic crisis, and it has come to the extent that they have asked their fellow Europeans countries for help, but far from, all are glad to help.
Several European countries have made campaigns in foreign media to deteriorate refugees from seeking asylum in their particular country, and the worst one will once again come from Denmark.
Britain has prior made campaigns in Brazil, China, Malaysia and Zimbabwe. Spain tried in 2007, targeting refugees from Africa, warning against the dangerous travel across the sea. Germany and Austria have recently posted ads in Kosovo papers, the last one explaining how human traffickers are lying about grounds for asylum in Austria. Germany had similar ads in Albanian papers stating “NO economic asylum in Germany”. However cynical, none of the campaigns have been targeted at people fleeing from war like e.g. the Muslims from Syria, but here again Denmark is taking it a step further.
The Danish Minister of Integration, Inger Støjberg, is planning a campaign targeted at Syrian refugees. The ads will be posted in Turkish and probably major Arabic media, to deteriorate asylum seekers from coming to Denmark. The special focus on Syrian refugees comes as a result of a fear of Islam. The same Minister has recently argued that Muslims do not adopt Danish values and therefore cannot contribute to the Danish society, so they should be prevented from entering the country.
This topic is being debated and criticized, but little is done and many arguments come down to basic economical cynicism, about whether it would harm Danish reputation and thereby business abroad.
The hypocrisy, disregard of human value and cynical greed is clear as the morning sun. Countries like Britain and Denmark have no moral scruples, bombing and looting large parts of the world under the pretext of battling “terrorism” and spreading democracy and freedom. However, when they have destroyed even basic living conditions, and people have to leave their homes for survival, these exact same countries are not willing to take responsibility.
The “migration problem”, is a western manufactured problem that has to be sorted from the root. The West is in no position to put themselves on a pedestal when it comes to helping other people in need, when all they do is to kill and loot, and thereafter fortify their countries and hide the resources that they stole.
If the West really want to stop the migration of the poor and needy, they should stop bombing and looting large parts of the world, and they should leave the Muslim countries to the Muslims.
When Islam is implemented in the righteous Khilafah upon the method of the Prophethood, and the resources are once again spend according to Islam, to the benefit of the people, migration will reverse. Then we will even see non-Muslim westerners seeking a better life under the shade of Khilafah.
Junes Kock
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in Scandinavia