Migrations: l'insopportabile ipocrisia dell'accoglienza
Of Maurizio Pallante
Source: Maurizio Pallante
The current situation
Migrations constitute, together with the greenhouse effect and the economic crisis that began in 2007, the most serious problems of this period of human history. In the countries of departure they are caused by profound upheavals in the production structure, of social relationships and environmental conditions that prevent populations from continuing to obtain the necessary living in the places where they live, as their ancestors did for millennia. In the countries of arrival they generate three types of reactions: one of refusal, which takes the form of support for xenophobic parties;
a welcoming one interested in the contributions that migrants can make to the economic growth and monetary wealth of the natives; one of disinterested and generous welcome, based on solidarity towards the people most affected by life and on the drive for greater social justice. Xenophobic parties emphasize the problems created by the arrival of an ever-increasing number of migrants without professional and economic resources, highlighting the insecurity and degradation that inevitably generates in the places where they somehow camp and make do to survive. Supporters of self-interested hospitality downplay them, insisting on the economic advantages that would derive from their regularization: growth of gross domestic product, increase in tax revenue, payment of pensions. Supporters of disinterested welcome leverage the feelings of brotherhood that, they persist in the human soul despite decades of consumerism, materialism and selfishness that have characterized industrial societies. And they dedicate their energies, their intelligence, their creativity to seek solutions to help the migrants they come into contact with find decent housing and work. Hidden in the shadow cones between these dynamics, two categories of profiteers operate: those who speculate on the desperation of the weakest, exploiting their workforce in despicable ways, until they die; and those who, acting in the hidden depths of politics, they manage to get hold of the funds allocated for reception facilities, leaving only crumbs to the desperate people for whom they were intended.[1] Read More
