#ForcedMigration

[taqato-alim]

Ethical Evaluation of Donald Trump's Proposal to Take Over Gaza

"Donald Trump's proposal, as discussed in the context given, is fraught with ethical issues. It would not only violate numerous international laws and ethical standards but also potentially lead to increased conflict, human suffering, and diplomatic isolation. Ethical foreign policy should aim at peace, respect for human rights, and cooperative solutions to conflict resolution."

The discussion between Sam Stein and Tim Miller provides insights into the controversial proposal by Donald Trump to take over the Gaza Strip, as announced during his press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Key points from their conversation

Trump's Proposal: Trump suggested that the U.S. would "take over" Gaza, effectively displacing the 1.8 million Palestinians living there to other countries like Jordan and Egypt. He described Gaza as a "demolition site" and proposed turning it into a lucrative development project, potentially with U.S. investment or ownership.

Seriousness of the Proposal: Stein emphasized that while Trump's statements could be seen as a negotiation tactic, the mere act of voicing such a plan publicly is significant. This proposal was seen as a radical departure from conventional U.S. policy, hinting at ethnic cleansing and forced displacement.

Political and Logistical Challenges: The logistics of such an endeavor were questioned, including the cost, the role of U.S. troops or mercenaries, and the political fallout both domestically and internationally. The idea of turning Gaza into a "Riviera of the Middle East" was criticized for its naivety and potential to incite further conflict rather than peace.

Reaction from Netanyahu: Netanyahu, while not fully endorsing Trump's plan, diplomatically praised Trump for thinking "outside the box." This indicates a strategic acknowledgment of Trump's rhetoric, possibly to leverage it in ongoing negotiations or to maintain a favorable U.S.-Israel relationship.

Ethical and Humanitarian Concerns: The discussion highlighted the dehumanizing implications of Trump's proposal, treating Palestinians as if they were "cattle" to be moved for development purposes. This raises significant ethical issues about the treatment of people and their rights to their homeland.

Public and Political Backlash: There's an expectation of backlash, not just from Palestinians but from Arab nations and possibly within the U.S., given the potential for this to be seen as an endorsement of ethnic cleansing. The discussion also touched on the political implications, especially for voters who supported Trump over Biden due to Middle East policy grievances, suggesting they might face regret over this decision.

Negotiation or Bluster?: The conversation oscillates between viewing Trump's statements as either a serious policy proposal or a tactic to pressure Hamas and other parties in negotiations. However, even if intended as bluster, the statements reveal a perspective on human rights and international relations that is deeply concerning.

This discussion underscores the complexity and the controversial nature of U.S. involvement in Middle Eastern politics, particularly with regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It also reflects the unpredictability and often provocative nature of Trump's foreign policy approaches.

Ethical Evaluation of Donald Trump's Proposal to Take Over Gaza

Human Rights Violations:

Displacement: The proposal to forcibly move 1.8 million Palestinians from Gaza to other countries raises severe human rights concerns. This would likely be seen as an act of ethnic cleansing or forced displacement, which contravenes international human rights law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Conventions. The right to live in one's homeland, free from forced removal, is fundamental.

Right to Return: Trump's suggestion that Palestinians might not want to return because of the "hell" Gaza has become does not negate their legal and moral right to return to their homes. This right is enshrined in international law, particularly for refugees, which many Palestinians are considered.

Sovereignty and Self-Determination:

Violating Sovereignty: Taking over Gaza would infringe on Palestinian sovereignty and their right to self-determination, principles central to international law as outlined in various UN resolutions and international treaties. Any territorial change without the consent of the inhabitants would be considered a violation of these rights.

Colonialism and Imperialism: The proposal echoes historical practices of colonialism where foreign powers assume control over territories for economic or strategic gain, disregarding the indigenous population's rights and interests. This would be a step back from contemporary international norms against such practices.

Ethical Treatment of People:

Human Dignity: Treating people as if they can be relocated for the sake of "development" or "peace" undermines their dignity and autonomy. The proposal implies a lack of regard for the lives, histories, and identities of Palestinians, reducing them to mere obstacles in a development project.

Consent and Autonomy: No mention is made of consulting the Palestinian population about their future or giving them a say in their governance, which is ethically problematic. People should have the autonomy to decide their fate.

Peace and Conflict Resolution:

Long-term Peace: The proposal does not address the root causes of the conflict, which include land rights, statehood, and security. Instead, it might exacerbate tensions, leading to further violence rather than peace. Peace processes typically involve negotiation, respect for all parties' rights, and mutual agreement, none of which seem to be considered here.

International Relations: Such an action could severely damage U.S. relations with Arab nations and the broader Muslim world, potentially leading to increased terrorism or international isolation. It would also likely strain relations with allies who prioritize human rights and international law.

Economic and Environmental Ethics:

Exploitation for Profit: The notion of turning Gaza into a profitable real estate venture while displacing its people suggests an unethical prioritization of economic gain over human welfare.

Environmental Impact: Large-scale construction projects in conflict zones can have devastating environmental effects, further complicating the ethical landscape if not managed with care for sustainability.

Moral Responsibility:

Current Administration's Role: A policy of this nature would reflect poorly on the moral compass of the U.S. administration, suggesting a disregard for ethical governance. It would also place the U.S. in a position of responsibility for the welfare of displaced populations without a clear plan for their well-being.

In conclusion, Donald Trump's proposal, as discussed in the context given, is fraught with ethical issues. It would not only violate numerous international laws and ethical standards but also potentially lead to increased conflict, human suffering, and diplomatic isolation. Ethical foreign policy should aim at peace, respect for human rights, and cooperative solutions to conflict resolution.

[etccsy]

The night of Bashar al-Assad's fall

Two months ago, in five investigative articles, veteran journalist Issam Khoury predicted the fall of the Syrian regime, and that’s exactly what happened. He dives deep into Middle Eastern politics and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad.

In the last two weeks, the world has witnessed a historic transformation in Syria with the ousting of Bashar al-Assad—a pivotal moment reshaping the Middle East. But the events leading to this monumental change didn’t happen overnight.Take a journey through time with our esteemed journalist and Czech-Slovak Institute of Oriental Studies Senior Advisor, Issam Khoury, who has meticulously…

[therealmattnappo]

Deportations - Sadists Celebrating Family Suffering?

[biglisbonnews]

Rishi Sunak's anti-immigration plan pushes boundaries of international law If the UK or its Conservative government — now led by prime minister Rishi Sunak — hoped Brexit would solve the country’s immigration problems, it was wrong.Read more... https://qz.com/uk-rishi-sunak-migrant-deportation-rwanda-violate-law-1850197224

[theleakypen]

I honor those who survived the U.S. government's forced migrations and attempted genocide and made it back to ancestral homelands and mourn those who didn't make it, who were murdered. #forcedmigration #yavapaiapache #colonialism #genocide #librarianofleisure (at Yavapai Apache Nation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqWPKIHtho/?igshid=11pkrkqgrrhwy

[biourbanism-school]

TOKI’s Role After the Destruction of Cities & Urbanicide, 2015–2016

“All my dreams, they take place in the village.”

Stories of Migration: One Who’s Seen Pain Doesn’t Inflict Pain Upon Others (2008)

Zana Kibar and Yeter Tan from Göç İzleme Derneği (Migration Monitoring Association) on the Role of the Housing Development Administration (Toplu Konut İdaresi–TOKİ) After the Destruction of Cities and Urbanicide Between 2015–2016

https://www.gocizlemedernegi.org

Sur: Ax û Welat

[suzylwade]

Common Ground “My approach has always been focused on developing my art rather than working towards a career. All through my childhood years I enjoyed spending my time making things with papier-mâché, stitching, embroidering, drawing, and painting but never saw these interests as culminating into taking up art as a professional career. It was my father who recognised I had many other interests related to the arts. I think getting introduced to the lives of other artists and their ways of thinking inspired and left an impression on my brother Rajiv (Architect Rajiv Saini) and me.” - Reena Kallat, Artist. Reena Saini Kallat (b. 1973, Delhi, India) graduated from ‘Sir J.J. School of Art’, Mumbai in 1996 with a B.F.A. in painting. Her practice - spanning painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation, often incorporates multiple mediums into a single work. She is interested in the role that memory plays - not only what we choose to remember but in how we think of the past. Kallat frequently works with officially recorded or registered names of people, objects and monuments that are lost or have disappeared without a trace, only to get listed as anonymous and forgotten statistics. One of the recurrent motifs in her work has been the rubber stamp, both as an object and imprint, signifying the bureaucratic apparatus, capable at once of confirming as well as obscuring identities. Her more recent series using salt as a medium explores the tenuous yet intrinsic relationship between the body and the oceans, highlighting the fragility and unpredictability of existence. ‘Reena Kallat: Common Ground’, October 20, 2022 - January 22, 2023, ‘Compton Verney’, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #visualartist #identity #painting #photography #video #sculpture #installation #politicalborders #forcedmigration #comptonverney #exhibition #reenakallatcommonground #reenakallat (at Compton Verney Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjsAZDBoeUL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[meldcornell-blog]

Restored faith

   I recently read that the province of Saskatchewan is welcoming another 200 Ukrainian refugees tonight. They have opened up temporary housing and essentials for these people to receive when they arrive. They will also be provided access to education, employment opportunities and the basic needs to start over in a much safer environment. This makes me hopeful for our world. In a time of need, there are communities that are opening up their arms with support and relief for strangers on the other side of the globe. I can only imagine the fear and worries these poor individuals have been experiencing over the past months. Thank goodness there are good people out there that are willing to help out others. As a mother, this situation like every other, makes me think of the children. These parents now have healthcare for not only themselves but for their children. This gives me so much relief knowing there are less people stranded in the Ukraine. Although there are many many more to help. 

   The province of Saskatchewan has teamed up with two organizations: Open Arms and Solidaire. Since the Russian invasion, approximately 1500 people have been moved into Saskatchewan. If anyone wants to read this article I will link it below, as well as the links to those two organizations if you would like to get more involved. 

XO, Mel.

Langager, B. (Aug. 10, 2022). 200 more Ukrainians set to arrive in Regina. https://globalnews.ca/news/9050401/ukrainian-refugees-regina-august-10/

https://openarms.ca/

https://solidairenetwork.org/

#forcedmigration #qualityeducation #poverty #maternalandchildhealth

[venezueladiversa]

Ser una personas #LGBTIQ en #Venezuela implica no contar con reconocimiento del #matrimonioigualitario #IdentidadDeGenero  vivir sin acceso a la justicia frente a prácticas de #Homofobia #Transfobia  #Bifobia y sumergidos #EmergenciaHumanitariaCompleja que termina obligándonos salir del país, en busca de mejores condiciones de vida.

Como migrantes forzados hemos de responder a nuevos desafíos como la #xenofobia, la invisibilidad en la mayoría de reportes y planes oficiales de los países de acogida y  organismos multilaterales,  que  adelantan acciones para atender y ejecutar la cooperación internacional ante la crisis de migracion forzada venezolana.

Por ello, las personas #LGBTIQMigrantesVE hemos tenemos que dejarnos ver juntos en nuestra diversidad, para exigir nuestros derecho a migrar de forma segura, regular y digna.

#DíaInternacionalDelMigrante  #ConDignidad  #NosotrosJuntos #DiadelMigrante

#AsylumSeekers #ForcedMigration

#ActivistasLGBTIQMigrantesVe

#LGBTQ

#EqualityForward #DiversityandInclusion #MigrantsDay

#PorLaMigración #PlataformaR4V #JuntosXlosVenezolanos

#StandUp4HumanRights #nadieesilegal

#HumanRights 

[mikeltod]

#colonialism #imperialism #migration #forcedmigration #coercedmigration #solidarityresistance — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2KPQHmf

[heliotropesworld-blog]

remember the past in order to understand the future of the rural america farm belt and the future of residents in those communities

[kpnorman]

Since Europe and North America’s attention is suddenly so focused on refugees, here are a few facts to remind everyone that is a global crisis, and that it didn’t just start a few weeks ago.

1) In 2014 Syrians surpassed Afghans to became the largest refugee group, and at present nearly every 1 in 4 refugees is Syrian. But there are still some 2.6 million Afghan refugees worldwide, the second largest refugee group, who are also in need of aid, attention, and resettlement.

2) Somalis are the third-largest refugee group with some 1.1 million people displaced globally. Most Somali refugees are currently in Yemen, Ethiopia and Kenya.

3) Other refugee situations on the African continent include: Sudan (648,900 refugees), South Sudan (616,200 refugees), Democratic Republic of the Congo (516,800 refugees), Central African Republic (412,000 refugees) and Eritrea (363,100 refugees).

4) There is an on-going refugee situation for individuals who have fled Myanmar, the seventh-largest refugee source country, with 479,000 displaced at the end of 2014.

5) Two decades ago, developing countries were hosting about 70% of the world’s refugees. By the end of 2014, this rose to 86%. At 12.4 million persons, this is the highest figure in more than two decades. The ‘Global South’ is the one dealing with this crisis, not Europe.

All figures are from the UNHCR 2014 Global Trends Report. These numbers only reflect refugees who have been officially recognized by the UNHCR and do not include internally-displaced persons (IDPs), or those who are still trapped inside their home countries.

[communicationisaid-blog]

Call for Content

MIPJ: Media, Information, International Relations, and Humanitarian Affairs Refugees, IDPs and Statelessness Deadline: June 1, 2016

The MIPJ is a print, digital and multimedia publication exploring the convergence of media, information, international relations, and humanitarian affairs.

Topics

The primary interest for this issue concerns the paramount importance of reliable, accountable and timely information during times of crisis. Also paramount is the capacity to communicate information, via whatever medium and as ethically as possible, so that those who are most vulnerable are represented in the international sphere for actionable purpose, and especially where human security considerations are most necessary.

Accepted content:

Photo features

Multimedia

Video

Text features

Editorials

Interviews

Content reviews

[suzylwade]

Common Ground “I never thought of art as a profession, but a way of existence that’s as natural as breathing,” - Reena Kallat, Artist. For Reena Saini Kallat art has been a means of inquiry as well as a tool for expressing personal and collective concerns. As one of India’s most notable artists, her works span drawing, photography, sculpture and videos that largely dwell on the fluidity of borders and the futility in drawing boundaries when nature itself is boundless. Kallat’s art journey began out of a sense of loss - she lost her mother to cancer early in life. Initially Kallat was keen on a career in medicine, hoping to find a cure for cancer, but as a child Kallat had collected magazine clippings and books on art. It was her father who recognised her talent and urged her to pursue this interest. The 1992 and 2002 riots were turning points for her. Kallat had her first solo exhibition in Mumbai in 1998. Since then, Kallat has travelled all India and the world with her paintings, sculptures, installations and audio-visual works. Her interest in political borders, the pain of forced migration, and divisive national narratives are distinct in her recent works. Being from a family with roots in Lahore, she knows her uncle had to leave everything behind and rebuild his life from scratch in India. ‘Reena Kallat: Common Ground’, October 20, 2022 - January 22, 2023, ‘Compton Verney’, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #visualartist #identity #painting #photography #video #sculpture #installation #politicalborders #forcedmigration #comptonverney #exhibition #reenakallatcommonground #reenakallat (at Compton Verney Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjsASIToDdy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[emahomagazine]

Away From Home: Kursat Bayhan

Turkey -

I started the project “Away from Home” nearly four years ago. On the one hand, the project deals with migration and the dire conditions that people live and work in as well as the causes of leaving their hometown on the other. I roamed around Istanbul which has become a pot for migration, meeting and talking with people which directed my attention back to their hometowns.

Migration in the early 1980′s and during the 1990′s was among the major reasons for the rapid change in Turkey. Today, migration from rural to urban and east to west, continues to have its effects on the relocation of societies.

Since intraregional economic disparity has polarised regions and since the young workforce has been expelled from the production cycle due to the industrialisation of Turkish agriculture, there has been a great wave of migration to the cities to seek new income prospects. To survive and to support their families is the sole purpose of thousands of migrants who leave their homes for large, industrialised cities such as Istanbul and Ankara. The rate of migration into Istanbul has more than doubled during the 2009-2010 period due to the city’s economic opportunities and income disparities between the country’s west and east, according to official statistics.

There is no single reason explaining the increase in net immigration rates into Istanbul, according to Kenan Çayır, an associate professor at Istanbul’s Bilgi Unviersity. “The chances of receiving better education and healthcare services in Istanbul are greater, compared to other provinces. But there are also a serious number of people moving to Istanbul due to terror in their own cities,” he says.

In addition to the uneven industrialisation, there was a large group of people that was relocated due to forced national migration that took place in the 1990’s due to the war between the PKK and Turkish Military. Forced migration has also been among the causes of the change in the social structure in major cities such as Istanbul; close to 2.5 million people from nearly 4.000 villages in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia have migrated to urban centres in the West. The situation has led to economic, cultural and infrastructural problems in large cities.

- See more at: http://www.emahomagazine.com/2012/10/away-from-home/#sthash.oPuUDyBs.dpuf

[humanrightseducation]

20 June: World Refugee Day

The No Hate Speech Movement would like to invite all of us to act together on World Refugee Action Day on 20 June 2014.

They are organizing this day in partnership with the following organizations: Voices of Young Refugees in Europe (VYRE) European Council of Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Make sure to check out the campaign platform and the coordination website for actions to partake in!

Further reading: 5 long-term refugee trends