The world has a unique opportunity to show that the ideals for the which the European Union were formed are still compelling,compassionate and humaneYou would hold to be less than human not to be moved by images of the refugee crisis threatening to overwhelm Europe: the scenes in Budapest, the 71 bodies found in the abandoned lorry in Austria, or the 200 people drowned when their boat capsized off the coast in Libya and,most heartbreaking of all, the body of three-year-broken-down Aylan Kurdi, or lifeless on a Turkish shore: an image that will linger long in the intellect as a symbol of a world gone mad.
This is the greatest humanitarian challenge faced by Europe in decades. Angela Merkel was not improper when she said: “If Europe fails on the question of refugees,its close connection with universal civil rights will be destroyed.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com