tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post5297320202909274772..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: SUMMER SORROW - 4Welshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-33590373223918125382015-08-30T20:30:23.382+02:002015-08-30T20:30:23.382+02:00Hi, Sabine. Thank you for the link . it's a gr...Hi, Sabine. Thank you for the link . it's a great article . I agree that these are exceptional people and when I see images og them braving barbed wire fences and determinedly walking on, I think , "We NEED people like this!"Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-62118458937718051452015-08-30T16:18:10.414+02:002015-08-30T16:18:10.414+02:00I am with you all the way on this. And I also agre...I am with you all the way on this. And I also agree with this opinion piece in the weekend Guardian, have a read: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/30/immigration-asylumseekers-refugees-migrants-angela-merkel<br /><br />Esp. this section: <br /><br />. . . great civilisations and dynamic cities have been defined by being open to immigrants and refugees.<br /><br />They are, as migration specialist Ian Goldin characterises them, “exceptional people”. Over centuries, as he painstakingly details, it has been immigrants and refugees who have been part of the alchemy of any country’s success: they are driven, hungry and talented and add to the pool of entrepreneurs, innovators and risk-takers. The hundreds of thousands today who have trekked across continents and dangerous seas are by any standards unusually driven. They are also, as Angela Merkel says, fellow human beings. To receive them well is not only in our interests, it is fundamental to an idea of what it means to be human.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-80425786215716383132015-08-29T23:45:02.286+02:002015-08-29T23:45:02.286+02:00I completely agree with you, Leslie.I completely agree with you, Leslie.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-74752552130902570932015-08-29T06:27:09.674+02:002015-08-29T06:27:09.674+02:00I have recently been watching news reports of this...I have recently been watching news reports of this terrible tragedy. I had no idea it was this bad, but something MUST be done to help these people. What is going on in their countries of origin that people would put themselves and their families in such peril to escape? This is a world-wide problem - not just for Italy and other countries in Europe! Leaders must step up to the plate and together figure this out. It would be disgraceful if they did nothing but keep catching the traffickers - they must find a solution!Leslie:https://www.blogger.com/profile/11964698251137788839noreply@blogger.com