Yasin Kakande: What's missing in the global debate over refugees
Yasin Kakande: Yang hilang dari debat global tentang pengungsi
Yasin Kakande is exposing the human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Middle East. Full bio
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living in the United States
yang tinggal di Amerika Serikat,
much freedom of movement
banyak kebebasan bergerak
who are desperate enough
yang sudah putus asa
and stormy seas in boats.
dan badai ganas dengan kapal.
from West Africa and North Africa face
dari Afrika Barat dan Afrika Utara,
but fortunate opportunity
yang langka tapi menguntungkan
a gathering like this.
membahas pertemuan seperti ini.
what often is missing
apa yang sering hilang
yang kehilangan haknya.
welcomed newcomers,
menerima pendatang baru,
numbers of individuals
dengan kenaikan jumlah individu
is that the newcomers upend the stability
bahwa pendatang mengganggu stabilitas
in their countries.
dan pekerjaan di negara mereka.
look towards politicians
dan skeptis mengharapkan politisi
to see who can claim the prize
siapa yang bisa meraih penghargaan
of populism and nationalism.
dan nasionalisme yang paling banyak.
is the toughest on migrants,
yang paling keras terhadap migran,
menerapkan larangan bepergian,
projects in building walls.
mengusulkan pembangunan tembok.
symptoms of the problem,
hanya mengatasi gejala masalah,
would be willing to listen.
and inequalities inflicted regularly
dan ketidaksetaraan yang biasanya terjadi
from the governments
as a journalist in the Middle East.
karir jurnalis saya di Timur Tengah.
puts everyone at the risk of starvation.
semua orang pada risiko kelaparan.
dan datang ke Amerika Serikat
for my brothers and sisters
untuk saudara-saudara saya
serious plight as migrants.
dan serius sebagai migran.
about me writing a book
bahwa dia tidak suka saya menulis buku
when I still worked in Dubai,
ketika saya masih di Dubai,
to pay for his treatments.
untuk membayar perawatannya.
to sustain his treatment,
untuk meneruskan perawatannya,
to take him to a hospital.
membawanya ke rumah sakit.
to lay it in the ground
untuk dibaringkan di tanah
that are multilayered is never easy,
yang berlapis-lapis tidak pernah mudah,
more than just rhetoric.
membutuhkan lebih dari sekadar retorika.
farms in Africa continue to be owned
dan peternakan besar di Afrika
are shipped to the West,
dikirim ke Barat,
will flow continuously.
akan mengalir terus-menerus.
that could ever be so rigorous
yang bisa menghentikan gelombang migrasi
that has determined our human history.
sejarah kemanusiaan kita.
dapat diperketat,
menerima migran
yang lebih terbuka.
for reconciling, finally,
awal praktis untuk kerukunan,
in creating a more just global economy
menciptakan ekonomi global yang lebih adil
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yasin Kakande - Investigative journalist, authorYasin Kakande is exposing the human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Middle East.
Why you should listen
Investigative journalist Yasin Kakande works undercover in the Middle East to expose human rights abuses of migrant workers. He investigates the reasons why Africans choose to migrate to the Middle East, Europe and America, and traces the severe consequences of countries closing their borders to African migrants. A migrant himself, first to the Middle East and recently to the US, Kakande is the author of two books: Slave States, an expose of the enslavement, trafficking and abuse of workers in the Gulf Arab Region, and The Ambitious Struggle: An African Journalist's Journey of Hope and Identity in a Land of Migrants.
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