> you have not heard of the thousands and millions of refugees and migrants > who are flooding into northwest Europe from the middle east, africa, and > the balkans (e.g. Kosovo) ? there are more than 1.5. million >
I had some vague notions of parts of it. I knew about the palestinians, was unsure of the status of the balkans, and had no sense the scale of those leaving syria. Of course, as soon as I went looking, the very first article on al jazeera declared "the greatest migration crisis in europe since world war 2... there are 20 million people waiting at the doorsteps to europe." I have been on a mass-media diet lately, but most of the international news coming to me is about greece and couched as a stand-off with germany - not entirely unrelated- nor is trumps immigration statements, or npr's recent story on migration of louisiana residents as the bayou slowly floods. In terms of the objects of persuasion I wrote about in a previous email - everyone wants a better life. When the path to a better life shifts, 1 mile or 1000 miles away, the person will move. I know that sounds like an oblique over-generalization, perhaps even uncompassionate towards those that are moving for dire reasons. Regardless of why someone migrates - where they move to, even how they make their way, depends on what they hope to find, their priorities, their fantasies. Do you know why the calais refugees are so fixated on britain instead of france? I do not - from their perspective, both are of equivalent affluence- but somehow britian offers some value beyond wealth - what is that allure? In consideration, Bz
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