Hungarian Camera woman is the tip of the
iceberg. Eastern Europe emerged from along history of Fascism and Communism as
homogenous countries and was integrated into the EU without redesigning the
educational system to promote pluralism. Eastern Europeans respect and revere
the West for their wealth and higher culture and have been the beneficial of
hundreds of billions of funds and free movement. Social tension with the West
was not a probability since the West was not their counterpart. The west turned
a blind eye on their treatment of minorities such as Russians in the Baltic and
Roma in the southern parts most of who fled and were offered asylum in the
West. Instead of reforming their education system to root out xenophobia and
racism by promoting human rights and equality they have tried to whip
nationalism and religious revivalism. In this political climate the refugees
are seen as marauders who will undermine their social fabric and not as
individuals with dignity who deserve our respect. The influx of refugees who
come from different ethnic and religious background poses the greatest
challenge to the EU as the Eastern part is not willing to take part in any EU
wide plan to help.
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