Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ Grīc mîgṛntbot traɉdi: ɖ wst mst admit rsponsbiḷti
Transcription of an Observer editorial of 17 June 2023
Horrz at sī wl cntiny untl ɖ wst fesz p t its rsponsbiḷtiz n recgnîzz its part in ɖ plît v refyjīz
Saṭde, 17 Jūn 2023
Ɖ naṣ́naḷtiz v ɖ sevṛl hundṛd ppl asymd t hv drǎnd in ɖ lêtist, teribl mîgṛntbot traɉdi in ɖ Mediṭreńn hlp xplen ẃ ɖe atmtd so periḷs a jrni. Pacistaniz, Ijipśnz, Sirịnz, Afganz n Paḷstińnz rportidli cmprîzd most v ɖ aproxiṃtli 750 pasinjrz cramd on t ɖ unsìwrɖi vesl ɖt set of fṛm Tobrŭc in Libia n sanc 50 mîlz of ɖ cǒst v Grīs last Wnzde.
Ɖ list v cuntriz v oṛjin z an indx v pen, fr ẃć ɖ YY, Britn n ɖer alîz ber mć rsponsbiḷti. Ɖ wst’s fełr t stop ɖ Sirịn reźīm’z wor on its ppl léd t ɖ 2015-16 mîgṛntcrîsis, ẃn hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz v Sirịnz sòt sefti in Yṛp. Olɖo fîtñ hz sbsîdd, mni, includñ Paḷstińnz livñ in despṛt cndiśnz in camps in ɖ wor-torn cuntri, stl fli prṣkśn bî a vnjfl reźīm, or r qitñ an incrisñli un’coṃdetñ Trci.
It cn b no s’prîz ɖt Afganz wr abōrd ɖ bot. Ɖ dsiźn bî ɖ YC n Yṛpiyn Nato membrz t jôn ɖ YS in abandnñ Afgaṇstan in 2021 trigrd a pridictbl crîsis. Ɖ YN sz 28.3 miłn ppl, tū-ʈrdz v ɖ popyleśn, wl nīd rjnt hymaṇterịn asistns ɖs yir. Dspotic Taḷban rūl mcs matrz wrs. Litl wundr ppl rzort t despṛt meźrz.
Ɖs arğmnt me b xtndd frɖr, t includ ppl fṛm uɖr nglectd, post-c’lońl cuntriz in ɖ Horn v Africa, ɖ Shél n Sǎʈ Eźa, huz sns v hoplisnis, impoṿriśmnt n cronic inṣkṛti fylz mîgreśn.
Last wīc’s traɉdi hz pṛdyst a toṛnt v rcriṃneśnz. Ɖ Grīc cǒstgard z criṭsîzd fr nt dwñ mor or actñ fast inuf t hlp ɖ stricn trōlr. Ɖ ofiśl stori v ẃt hapnd at sī apirz t ćenj dêli. Grīs’z guvnmnt z agn undr fîr, gvn its rīsntli tufnd antīmîgṛnt stans n prīvịs, śocñ cesz v bot “pśbac”. Sevṛl alejd ppl smuglrz hv bn arestd. Eni invstgeśn mst b ʈura n imparśl. Yt ɖr’z no misṭri abt ɖ rūts v ɖ nvr-endñ mîgṛnt crîsis.
Yṛpiyn cuntriz, includñ Britn, hv psistntli feld t dveḷp a hymen, chiṛnt n ifctiv aproć t ɖ ćaḷnjz pozd bî ireğlr mîgreśn. Aftr ɖ 2015-16 influx, Jrṃni’z Angela Merkel cut a wn-of dīl wɖ Trci t crb refyjīfloz. A subsiqnt agrīmnt wɖ Libia dd nt hōlt abysz in dtnśncamps or ny sêlñz. Bruslz z nǎ dscusñ pemnts t Tynizia. Fr its part, Britn cut a randm dīl wɖ Rwanda, in brīć v inṭnaśnl lw.
Yt oṿol, eḟts t dtŕ ɖz denjṛs voyjz, in ɖ Mediṭreńn n ɖ Ćanl, r fǎnḍrñ, wɖ ɖ numbrz v crosñz n deʈs rîzñ ɖs yir. Far tù fy sef, līgl rùts xist. N inṭnaśnl coorḍneśn z lacñ. Ẃɖr ɖ ny YY-wîd mîgreśn-n-asîḷm páct wl mc eni difṛns z qsćṇbl. Antīimigṛnt guvnmnts in Poḷnd n Hunġri rmen avrs t hlpñ “fruntlîn” stets sć az Iṭli n Grīs. Mnẃl, mîgreśn z bcmñ a hot p’liticl iśu agn az faŗît partiz advans acrs Yṛp.
Śort-trm fixz n Rwanda-tîp ẃizz wl nt privnt mor traɉdiz. Ɖ nīd t rec̣gnîz funḍmntl cōzz n tacl mîgreśnćaḷnjz at sors z rjnt. Ɖt mst mīn xpandd, sstemic cooṗreśn ẃrvr p’liticli poṣbl wɖ cuntriz v oṛjin n transit. It mīnz oḟrñ mor (nt les) dveḷpmnt ed n asistns. It mīnz acnoḷjñ fūd inṣkṛti, iniqoḷti, conflict n clîṃtcrîsis – ci drîvrz v ireğlr mîgreśn – r probḷmz ɖ wst hlpt criet.
