Everybody is screaming SOS lately or so it seems. Europe is under attack from Muslims. But is it? One thing we know for sure Syria and Afghanistan are under attack and Iran is under attack. Is Europe?
Crowds of scared refugees are running to Europe for safety. Hungary is closing borders and they are not the only one as Sam Smith would say. Is it righteous to do that? Debatable. Is it humane? No. Hungarians have every right to do that but they aren't showing compassion or any type of understanding of the situation. There are theories that this waves of refugees were planted and that they are part of an elaborate plan to enslave Europe to Islam. But the fact is in Syria a war is waging and is taking countless lives. People are scared and striped of every right. Their only way is to go away. But where can they go?
Where would you go if you had to leave everything behind or even worse, leave your family behind because you have to pass through some dangerous countries and travel thousands of kilometers? I would go somewhere I would live the life I hear about on TV. To a place that is regarded as good, where one would hope everything might be alright. For a lot of them that is Germany. And of course if you'd traveled thousands of kilometers you wouldn't settle for anything less. If you were traveling for months what are a few more days to get to where you think anything is possible. They are as much economic migrants as they are refugees but lets face it so would be you.
The situation the countries that stand in a way to Germany and promise lands is tricky. You can't just let people to go into your country without any IDs on the other hand you can't have them living on the border. What to do? It feels right to feed and offer a shelter to as many as you can and try to identify them. 99.9% of these people are ordinary people like you or me. Some of them are without doubt very bad. And of course there are those who take an advantage of this situation to smuggle and promote violence and racial, ethnic and religious impatience. But you don't need refugees for that. You find that in any small town.
Why are then mostly male refugees?
Because the trip from Syria to Europe is dangerous, exhausting and long. Many women and children wouldn't make. Think how tough it must be for them to leave everything behind. Everyone they love, everything they love. Their plan is to get an asylum and then their families can get to them by plane. And who wouldn't want that for their loved ones. It's less risky to go alone than to go with a whole family.
Germany is handling the refugee situation very well. It might be because Angela Merkel wants to win upcoming elections but anyway they are welcoming them. They offer them jobs, asylum and place to stay.
After all as a species we have been looking for better options and environment since the dawn of time and for the first time in history this right has been taken away from us because of fear.
Many years ago Benjamin Franlin put it well he said "Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
