Yasin Kakande: What's missing in the global debate over refugees
Yasin Kakande: Vad som saknas i den globala debatten om flyktingar
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
som bor i USA
much freedom of movement
who are desperate enough
är så desperata att de far på
and stormy seas in boats.
from West Africa and North Africa face
från väst- och nordafrika möter
but fortunate opportunity
men lyckosamt för en migrant
a gathering like this.
en församling som den här.
what often is missing
sina mänskliga rättigheter.
welcomed newcomers,
numbers of individuals
antalet individer
is that the newcomers upend the stability
vänder upp och ner på stabiliteten
in their countries.
i deras länder.
look towards politicians
söker sig till politiker
to see who can claim the prize
om vem som kan ta priset
of populism and nationalism.
populism och nationalism.
is the toughest on migrants,
är hårdast mot migranter,
projects in building walls.
projekt att bygga murar.
symptoms of the problem,
enbart mot problemens symtom,
would be willing to listen.
and inequalities inflicted regularly
bristande social jämlikhet som
from the governments
ledde som följd av detta till att jag
as a journalist in the Middle East.
journalist i mellanöstern.
puts everyone at the risk of starvation.
ställer alla inför risken för svält.
for my brothers and sisters
för mina bröder och systrar
serious plight as migrants.
som migranter.
about me writing a book
var nöjd över att jag skrev en bok
och arbetslöshet.
when I still worked in Dubai,
när jag fortfarande arbetade i Dubai,
to pay for his treatments.
att betala hans behandlingar.
to sustain his treatment,
att fortsätta hans behandlingar.
to take him to a hospital.
to lay it in the ground
för att begravas
ett högt pris
that are multilayered is never easy,
orättvisor är aldrig lätt,
more than just rhetoric.
farms in Africa continue to be owned
stora jordbruk i Afrika ägs
are shipped to the West,
fortsätter att skickas till västvärlden
will flow continuously.
flyta kontinuerligt.
that could ever be so rigorous
som någonsin kan bli så starka
that has determined our human history.
som har bestämt mänsklighetens historia.
tagit emot migranter
for reconciling, finally,
att slutligen göra upp med
in creating a more just global economy
i att skapa en mer rättvis global ekonomi.
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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