Yasin Kakande: What's missing in the global debate over refugees
ياسين كاكاندە: لە گفتوگۆی جيهانى کۆچبەراندا چيى بزر دەبێت
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
ولایەتە یەکگرتوەکان دەژیم
much freedom of movement
تەواویان لەهاتوچۆدا نیە.
who are desperate enough
دووچاری خەمۆکی بوون دەشێت
and stormy seas in boats.
و زریانی دەریادا بڕۆن.
باکوری ئەفریقیا دووچاری کۆچبەران دەبێتەوە
from West Africa and North Africa face
but fortunate opportunity
دەگمەنە بەڵام ناوازەیە.
a gathering like this.
what often is missing
welcomed newcomers,
ڕابردوو پێشوازیان لە کۆچبەران دەکرد،
numbers of individuals
is that the newcomers upend the stability
سەقامگیری دەشێوێنن
in their countries.
کارە لە وڵاتەکەیاندا تێکدەدەن.
look towards politicians
to see who can claim the prize
نەتەوەپەرستی و فەوزا دەکات.
of populism and nationalism.
is the toughest on migrants,
کێ یاسایی قورستر بەسەر کۆچبەران دەسەپێنێت،
خواستی زۆرینەیە
projects in building walls.
کردنی دیواری جیاکاری.
symptoms of the problem,
کێشەکان نیشان دەدەن،
would be willing to listen.
سیاسەتمەدارەکان بیانەوێ گوێ بگرن .
and inequalities inflicted regularly
جیاوازیم دەبینی
from the governments
as a journalist in the Middle East.
ڕۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست کارەکەم جێبهێڵم.
puts everyone at the risk of starvation.
دەخاتە مەترسی برسیەتیەوە.
for my brothers and sisters
پشتگیری دەنگی خوشک و براکانم
serious plight as migrants.
کێشە و تەنگانەی زۆر بوونەتەوە.
about me writing a book
کتێب بیرۆکەیەکی باش نیە چونکە
ناردنەوەم بۆ ئۆگەندا بکات.
when I still worked in Dubai,
كاتێك هێشتا لە دوبەى كارم دەكرد،
to pay for his treatments.
to sustain his treatment,
to take him to a hospital.
to lay it in the ground
گرفتەکان و دەنگ هەڵبڕینم
that are multilayered is never easy,
هەمچەشن وبەردەوامەکان هیچ کاتێک ئاسان نیە،
more than just rhetoric.
بە چارەسەرە نەک قسەکردن.
farms in Africa continue to be owned
کشتوکاڵیەکان بەردەوام دەست بەسەربن
are shipped to the West,
will flow continuously.
بەردەوام دەبێت بۆ وڵاتانی تر.
that could ever be so rigorous
بۆ وەستاندنی کۆچی بە کۆمەڵ
that has determined our human history.
ڕێڕەوی مێژووی مرۆڤایەتیمان هەیە.
درێژ کۆچبەریان وەرگرتووە
for reconciling, finally,
بۆ کەم بوونەوەی ڕێژەی کۆچبەران،
in creating a more just global economy
بۆ دروستکردنی ئابووریەکی جیهانی یەکسان
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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