Thursday, April 5, 2007
The level of compassion
So our Swedish Minister of migration went to visit Jordan recently. To the capital city Amman to be correct. He went there with the intentions of discussing the stream of Iraqi refugees that have been flooding into the countries of Syria and Jordan. This due to the well of a warn out war that seems to be laying at rest in Iraq. The water level rising with every day that passes and every drop of rifle gunned rain. So Mr. Billström has met with (and is still in these meetings I believe) governments, NGOs, UN-organs and Iraqi civilians. What's good is that he's seeking to create a dialogue among the parties involved and from there discuss the problems and possibilities of the situation that's gotten quite serious since this last month of March. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has decided to arrange a donor conference for ministers during the 17th and 18th of April and 190 countries have been invited. This is an important part of the constructive process when it comes to the massive financial needs that need to be filled, but what's even more important is what is to happen after this conference when a meeting will take place between the ministers of the European Union. Hopefully, a consensus will be made on how to address not only the refugees and their fear of returning to the Iraqi war zone but also on how to seek an end to what's going on in Iraq. Hopefully, they'll not only address this question in a one-dimensional way, only looking at the refugee "problem" (as have been portrayed at occasions in media being Mr. Billström's strategy) and the need for financial aid (though crucially important and necessary). Hopefully, they'll come up with some concrete directions for once on how to solve a (the actual) problem so washy it's been slipping out of our hands for too long now. What is going to happen in Iraq?
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