Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Refugees are the greatest existentialist challenge for the EU


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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