Point of view. The 21st Century genocide

Because of laxity, wild uncontrolled waves of migration lead to violations and genocide, for which “smugglers” are primarily responsible.

Translated from French by Raya Boussarsar

French version : Point de vue. Le génocide du XXIe siècle

It is widely recognized that migration issues have never been decisively resolved by a single state that is unable to control neither its own borders nor the borders of its neighbors in the region. Nor can these issues be resolved, at least in the long term, by two sole states on a bilateral level. This is especially true when they are two developing states with different political regimes and mutual suspicions.

Settlement can be achieved only through an agreement involving all the countries of the concerned regions, with the collaboration of international financial institutions and authorized and qualified representatives of various civil bodies, namely the relevant NGOs, which have expertise in migration and the defense of human rights. It is also indisputable that the dramatization of migration issues by the mass media and social media and the quest for grim spectacles have little to do with helping states resolve these issues.

Unfortunately, a new genocide is threatening humanity. It could be said that the 21st-century genocide is being committed with absolute impunity by “migrant smugglers” on sub-Saharan Africans. The international communities and states do not deign to deal earnestly with the “genocide” by declaring war -real war on these modern criminals, who financially speculate on the despair and then the death of migrants. In this case, corruption and genocide combine to become a common cause in everyone’s eyes.

Experience shows that delaying the settlement of migration issues by relying on Machiavellian calculations against one’s neighbors, or on the deterioration of the situation has never worked, nor has it benefited anyone, especially when it is done in order to attract financial backers or to antagonize the emigrants’ countries of origin.

These problems threaten to become entrenched over time, and the accumulation of unresolved issues will make them even more difficult, if not impossible, to resolve. One unresolved problem creates another, which, unresolved, creates another problem, and so on, until the situation worsens.

It is evident that delays in addressing such urgent problems tend to lead to massive human rights violations, racial discrimination between neighboring and regional populations, and severe diplomatic misunderstandings in authoritarian countries and democracies alike.

Meanwhile, in order not to aggravate these problems, which are detrimental to the political and social stability of both concerned and unconcerned countries, it is always possible to negotiate a gradual timetable at the regional or international level in order to find comprehensive solutions.