Re(dis)membering the plight of ‘others’: Global migration and (un)sustainable development
Memories of the year 2015 will forever be scared by shocking images of the lifeless body of a young Syrian boy who had drowned off the coast of Turkey. Global media was abuzz with indignation for such an act and of course fingers were pointed at what should have been done and who was to be blamed. But in that image, our failure as humanity was reflected. Both as a result of the inhuman degradation and insecurity that led that family to run for its life and set off on such a perilous journey, but also as a consequence of global political failure to collectively provide well managed and safe means for such groups of people to exit unsafe and dangerous war zones and find comfort and solace somewhere else.
blog cross-posted from PCDN Blogs
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