Yasin Kakande: What's missing in the global debate over refugees
Yasin Kakande: El que falta en el debat global sobre els refugiats
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
i visc als Estats Units
much freedom of movement
de gaire llibertat de moviment
who are desperate enough
als qui estan prou desesperats
and stormy seas in boats.
per mars agitats i tempestuosos.
from West Africa and North Africa face
de l'Àfrica Occidental i del Nord afronten
but fortunate opportunity
poc habitual però afortunada
a gathering like this.
a un públic com aquest.
what often is missing
el que sovint falta
welcomed newcomers,
els nouvinguts,
numbers of individuals
amb el creixent nombre de persones
is that the newcomers upend the stability
fan trontollar l'estabilitat
in their countries.
als seus països.
look towards politicians
miren cap als polítics
to see who can claim the prize
per veure qui guanya el premi
of populism and nationalism.
del populisme i el nacionalisme.
is the toughest on migrants,
amb els emigrants,
prohibicions de viatge
projects in building walls.
la construcció de murs.
symptoms of the problem,
aborden els símptomes del problema,
les seves perspectives,
would be willing to listen.
a escoltar.
and inequalities inflicted regularly
i les desigualtats infligides regularment
from the governments
as a journalist in the Middle East.
de periodista a l'Orient Mitjà.
puts everyone at the risk of starvation.
posen a tothom en risc d'inanició.
Estats Units
for my brothers and sisters
per als meus germans i germanes
serious plight as migrants.
més difícil com a emigrants.
about me writing a book
que escrigués un llibre
when I still worked in Dubai,
quan jo encara treballava a Dubai,
to pay for his treatments.
pagar els tractaments.
to sustain his treatment,
mantenir el seu tractament,
to take him to a hospital.
to lay it in the ground
per enterrar-lo,
un preu molt alt
that are multilayered is never easy,
no és mai fàcil.
more than just rhetoric.
més que simple retòrica.
farms in Africa continue to be owned
petroleres i agrícoles de l'Àfrica
d'inversors estrangers
are shipped to the West,
s'enviïn a Occident,
will flow continuously.
continuarà.
that could ever be so rigorous
that has determined our human history.
que ha determinat la història humana.
han rebut emigrants
a un debat més obert.
for reconciling, finally,
per reconciliar, finalment,
in creating a more just global economy
una economia global més justa
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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