Malta is divided on the illegal immigration issue
Some argue that the Maltese government is doing nothing to solve the problem of the rapid increase in illegal immigrants that are coming towards Malta, on average 25/50, every single day.
Others complain that Malta has the worst detention centres in the world. And again the government is at fault.
But few are those people who factually try to tackle this issue of irregular immigration, rather than putting the ball in the government’s feet.
Sunday 13th July was a historical day for LIFT voluntary, who together with Caritas, organised a day in Gozo with a group of refugees, residing at Dar il-Liedna in Fgura. 18 LIFT members together with 11 refugees left to Gozo in the early morning. We headed to Aurora club, where a ham and cheese toast and a bottle of water were offered to the Refugees. There we played some billiard and chatted for a few minutes. Then we headed towards Cittadella to show the refugees Gozo’s beautiful scenery that this closed city can offer. Right afterwards we took the bus for Marsalforn and spent two hours swimming and playing football.
At first glance, this seems to be a normal Gozo swimming trip that the majority of us Maltese plan each year. But when you experience such an activity you get to know that there are several hindsight’s that ‘a prima facie’ one don’t even think about them.
1. Refugees were afraid to catch the boat to Gozo because they risked their life on a boat.
2. For the majority of the refugees this was the first time that they swam.
3. We couldn’t take any photos of this experience since the refugees are wanted people in their country hence they are afraid that photos uploaded on websites can help their government to identify where they are located.
4. These refugees were all under 18 years of age – too young to spend a good period of time in a detention centre.
5. The majority of them can speak good Maltese.
6. They have a job and pay a fee to stay in a home like ‘Dar il-Liedna’.
So think before you judge! Refugees are humans and they deserve the right to have a life!
Posts
8 comments:
Ma tantx naqbel maghkom reg illegal immigrants. They are invading us rapidly. We have to do something before they take over our beloved country.
Nahseb li l-problema ta' l-immigrazzjoni illegali f'Malta ghandha tkun diskussa b'mod iktar matur. Tajjeb naraw ir-ragunijiet ezatt ghalfejn dawn il-nies qed jersqu lejn xtutna bi holma ta gejjien ahjar. Jiena nahseb ftit huma dawk li lesti ihallu art twelidhom ghal kapricc, ghal sempliciment avventura meta jafu jew jistghaw jahsbu fuq il-perikli li jkunu ser jiffacjaw.
L-appell tieghi huwa biex ma nehduwix kontra l-innocenti tac-cirkostanzi, l-immigranti illegali, imma kontra dawk is-settat kollha li ghal hafna snin okkupaw u sfruttat lil kontinent sinjur tal-Afrika minghajr qatt ma raddew lura ftit minn din il-hsara. L-appell tieghi huwa: Setat ewlenin ta l-Ewropa u tad-dinja ghatu l-liberta lil dawn il pajjizi ta l-Afrika biex immexxu lilhom infushom. Mhux vera li mhux kapaci. Tkomplux tuzaw kapijiet afrikani stess mixtrija ghal flus bi skapitu li zzommu l-hakma taghkom anke wara li tkunu tghajtu l-indipendenza. Ma ghadniex ghalfejn immorru l-boghod ghax dan kien qed jigri hawn Malta ukoll sa certu punt fis-70ijiet wara li hadna l-indipendenza mill-Inglizi.
Kollonjisti ohra bhal Franza tal-egalite fraternite etc ghandhom dellhom tqil f'din il-kwistjoni Afrikana
Aqraw dawn li gejjien u tindunnaw x'qed nghid:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jul2003/tota-j11.shtml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1446626/Elf-executives-are-jailed-over-210m-black-box-fraud.html
Ghalkemm tajjeb wiehed ikollu l-pozz uman, tajjeb ukoll li nahsbu fil-gejjien. Li nrid nghid hawn huwa li l-poplu Malti fuq livell individwali dejjem prova jghin meta gie imsejjah ghal ghajnuna. Hadd ma jistgha jichad dan. Imma ejja ma naharbux mir-realta li Malta huwa pajjiz ckejken b'risorsi limitati halli ma nbatux il-konsegwenzi minhabba il-hnizrijiet ta haddiehor. L-ewropa ma ghandix tqiss li Malta bhala post fejn tqed li dawn in-nies sakemm tahseb ser taghmel bihom kif issugerixxew xi esperti gara taghna.
Nixtieq nara l-Afrika tikber f'kull qasam bhal ma ghamlet l-Ewropa, l-Asia u l-Amerika. Ejjew na hallux lil Afrika bhala dak il-post li nharsu lejh biss biex nithassruh jew biex naghtu l-karita. Nixtieq nara Afrikani jigu Malta biex jistudjaw, jahdmu maghna, jaghmlu l-business maghna u mhux jaharbu minn pajjizhom biex erbgha kbarat isaltnu. Meta l-ewropa taghraf dan bis-serjeta hemmhekk nibda nikkonsidra ruhi bhala membru veru f'din il-kommunita'.
Owen C
Owen c, malta m'ghandha x'taqsam xejn ma'l-problemi li ghandha l-afrika.Hafna minnhom huma kriminali mahrubin mill-habsijiet libjani.Jien kont bhalek nithassarhom, imma meta thabbat wiccek maghhom tkun taf x'inhuma.Bhalissa hawn madwar 12,000 minnhom. They will take over in a few years, grazzi ghall-min qed jaqbez ghalihom. Only 1 man can save us.....
Hawnhekk nixtieq nikkumenta ftit fuq l-ahhar zewg kummenti. L-ewwel nett naqbel hafna ma' dak li qal Owen. Il-pozizzjoni attwali mizera ta' hafna pajjizi fl-Afrika hija rizultat ta' azzjonijiet passati li kolonji ewropej ghamlu f'dawn l-istess pajjizi. Ma naqbilx mal-kumment ta' qabli - Fl-ebda hin il-kumment ta' Owen ma rrifera ghall-fatt li Malta ghandha x'taqsam mal-problemi ta' l-Afrika.
Nistieden li kull min qed jibghat kummenti biex ikun matur u kemm jista' jkun jirrespetta d-dinjita' umana.
Huwa fatt li Malta hi pajjiz zghir b'rizorsi limitati..
Imma x'soluzzjoni nistghu noffru hlief li noholqu pressjoni u inkomplu nuru r-realta' ta' Malta mal-EU?
Hadd ma jista' jghinna billi niggieldu lil dawn l-istess nies li huma stess ghandhom bzonn l-ghajnuna.
Jien nammetti li kieku kont minn xi pajjiz mill-Afrika u nghix f'dak l-istat kont naghmel minn kollox biex insib hajja u futur ahjar anke jekk lest li nissogra hajti u nitlaq minn pajjizi...
Dawn in-nies mhux veru huma kollha kriminali.. huma nies li jridu jfittxu futur ahjar u li ddejjqu u ma jifilhux aktar jghixu f'pajjizi fejn l-istess stati huma korotti u m'ghandhom l-ebda rispett lejn d-dinjita tal-bniedem. Ghalhekk jaharbu dawn in-nies.
Biex din id-diskussjoni tkun iktar gusta tajjeb wiehed jissotanzja dak li jghid billi jipprovdi referenzi.
Huwa possibli li nsibu statistika li turi minn fejn gejjien l-immigranti illegali?
Meta nghidu hafna minnhom, x'qeghdin nifhmu?
On the ongoing debate about immigrants... but also about our intra relationships within the group and with others:
For me, the core issue is always about dialogue. Dialogue, consists of embracing the dignity of difference and is dependent upon a willingness to understand the difference and to get to know the Other. Such a quest is never easy because it is not merely about the Other, nor about about where the Other differs from us. Dialogue involves a respect that takes the Other as seriously as one demands to be taken oneself. This is always a difficult and costly exercise
This 'coming out of our desert' is an everyday struggle...but without it, all our encounters will have a very key element missing.
fr ray
11/08/08
kemm ghad iridu jibku wliedna.
Why should our children cry?? just beacuse we were human enough (or at least just a chunk of the population) and helped out these immigrants. It's easy for one to judge, as whilst we are all sitting on our sofas or dining out in some restaurants, they are struggling just to have a piece of stale bread... having governments and regimes that only know the meaning of one word: GREED and in some cases no government at all is the problem to all their poverty. I agree that Malta is too small and that we cannot accept a large number, but on the other hand we should not inspire hatred just because a number of immigrants are living in Malta. Yes our children will be proud of us, as we did our best to help.
Post a Comment