Tales of Blood and Sweat

In recent years, there has been a lot of reports on illegal migrants crossing seas to get refuge in foreign lands. Desperation due to poverty, terrorism and unemployment are the main forces behind this surge in perilous crossings. Unmindful of the dreads awaiting them at sea and the unwelcome lands, millions sell their properties to hire unworthy sea vessels to find a life abroad.

Tourists watch a dead migrant lying on the beach in Greece

This has led to a lot of disdain and enforcement of tougher policies by the affected countries that fear the added responsibility to provide food and shelter for innumerable people seeking asylum might put a strain on the country’s distribution of wealth and employment for its own citizens.

We mark boundaries and map out our countries. We try to develop our own land without looking at the dying just outside our borders. Little do we realise that the land we live in, is not our own! Humans have a life span of about 80 years…. 100 if you are lucky enough. People come and go… In the wink of an eye, generations change. Civilizations rise and fall. In the little time that we live, we try to mark out boundaries and claim ownership for the lands. MAN DOESN'T OWN THE EARTH or any part of it for that matter!

But it’s the Survival of the fittest, like it’s always been. The rich and the healthy own the land while the poor are left homeless without basic necessities. To all those people who think asylum seekers and refugees from poorer conditions should not be allowed into YOUR land, What if it’s not YOUR land???  Whose land was it before you existed? Whose land will it be after you are dead and gone?

Aylan Kurdi-Humanity washed ashore :'(

The sad plight of the refugees is worser than any of your saddest days! If those hungry and scared people are ready to dive into raging seas and monstrous oceans in unsafe boats to travel to unknown lands of hypocrites, along with their children and new-born babies, think about the far more dangerous situation they face at home!! How can anyone with a heart turn away those people who are simply trying to secure their basic right to live!!

Omran Daqneesh- innocent kids caught in the cross hairs of the world's power struggle

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said of Syrian orphan refugees, “I don’t think that orphans under 5 should be admitted to the United States at this point.” Could Christie look Omran in the eye and tell him he has no home in the United States?

We have failed Aylan Kurdi. We have failed Omran Daqneesh. We have failed all the other unknown children affected by war. We have also failed our own children, by leaving behind a disgusting world to live in.

Let all countries open their gates and welcome these strangers. They might be different from us; they might be of a different colour; they might speak strange languages; but they are just like us, people trying to save themselves and their children, only more scared and hungry!! Hope God opens the eyes of everyone with hardened hearts and let them welcome the refugees with open arms and selfless love!