Ɖ Gardịn vy on denjr at sī: lcñ ǎt fr ol ɖoz in peṛl
Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 20 June 2023
Ɖ contrast btwn ɖ frantic hunt fr a misñ sbmrsbl n ɖ fełr t sev mîgṛnts drǎnñ in ɖ Mediṭreńn z iluṃnetñ
Tyzde, 20 Jūn 2023
A masiv oṗreśn z undr we t fînd n sev a stricn vesl n its pasinjrz. Az tîm pasz, añśs faṃliz n frendz wêt wɖ growñ fir. Ɖ YS cǒstgard, Cnedịn armd forsz n cmrśl veslz r ol huntñ fr ɖ Tîtn sbmrsbl, ẃć hz gn misñ wɖ fîv abōrd on a dîv t ɖ rec v ɖ Tîtanic in ɖ norʈ Atlantic. Ɖ YC’z Miṇstri v Dfns z olso moniṭrñ ɖ sićueśn.
It z hard t ʈnc v a starcr contrast wɖ ɖ rspons t a fiśñbot ẃć sanc in ɖ Mediṭreńn last wīc wɖ an esṭmetd 750 ppl, includñ ćildṛn, páct onbōrd. Onli abt 100 svîvd, mcñ ɖs wn v ɖ dedliist dzastrz in ɖ Mediṭreńn. Grīs n ɖ YY blem ppl-smuglrz, hu oṿcrǎd bots n abyz ɖoz abōrd ɖm. Bt bʈ hv pṛfǎnd qsćnz t ansr abt ɖer ǒn rǒl in sć dzastrz. Acṭvists se oʈoṛtiz wr rpitidli wornd v ɖ denjr ɖs bot fest, aurz bfr it wnt dǎn, bt feld t act.
Grīs hz sd ɖt ɖ vesl wz muvñ steḍli, wz nt at risc, n ɖt pasinjrz rfyzd hlp; svîvrz n tracñdeta pent a vri difṛnt picćr. Ɖ Grīc cǒstgard’z record includz forṣbl n denjṛs pśbacs v asîḷmsīcrz, wɖ a rīsnt vidio śowñ a faṃli includñ smōl ćildṛn biyñ set adrift on a raft. Fruntx, ɖ YY’z bordr n cǒst gard, z olso – rîtli – undr growñ scrūṭni.
Ursula von der Leyen, ɖ Yṛpiyn Cmiśn prezidnt, hz prezd Grīs az ɖ blóc’s “śīld” agnst mîgreśn – nt onli aplōdñ its rǒl, bt yzñ ɖ lanḡj v combat n slf-dfns. Josep Borrell, ɖ YY’z foṛn-poḷsi ćīf, last yir dscrîbd Yṛp az a “gardn” n most v ɖ wrld az a “jungl” ẃć “cd inved” it unls ɖr wz gretr ingejmnt. Folowñ ɖ baclaś, h sd h wz sori “f sm wr ofndd” n insistd h wz rfŕñ t ɖ rūl v lw in contrast wɖ lwlisnis. On ɖ most jenṛs intrpṛteśn, h śoud a starṭlñ ignṛns v ɖ impḷceśnz v sć lanḡj. On a mor sinicl wn, h pandrd t it.
Ɖ reṭric v a hostîl wrld’z incroćmnt upn Yṛp z yzd in part t trî t stem ɖ advans v ɖ faŗît, śowñ ɖt mênstrīm poḷtiśnz n ofiślz r nt ignorñ ɖ iśuz it xplôts t win s’port. Bt ɖs cntribyts t an invîrnmnt in ẃć ɖr z a growñ sns v an “s”, livñ in sefti n reḷtiv cumḟt, menist bî a “ɖm” sīcñ ɖ sem ʈñz. Most v ɖoz on bōrd ɖ bot last wīc r b’livd t hv bn Pacistani naṣ́nlz, hu hd groun despṛt az ɖ cuntri’z ic̣nomic sićueśn dtirịretd.
“Mîgṛnt” hz bcm a wrd ɖt dsgîzz rɖr ɖn iluṃnets ɖ indivijlz bhnd ɖ lebl – hymnz wɖ ɖ yźl struglz, hops n firz fr ɖmslvz n ɖer faṃliz, luvd az dirli az eni uɖrz, n az dzrvñ v digṇti, sefti n cnsrn. Ɖt masdrǎnñz hv bcm so comn – mor ɖn 25,000 ppl hv daid or gn misñ in ɖ Mediṭreńn sins 2014 – z śemfl in itslf. Ẃt z wrs z ɖt ɖz dzastrz hv cm t b sìn az olmst norml. Pleinz n bots r scrambld t sev a hanfl v ppl hu tc a risc fr an advnćr, ẃl ćildṛn n adults in iminnt denjr wêt untl ctastṛfi strîcs.
