PAMBAZUKA NEWS.//
So Alan Johnson wants a national debate about immigration. Perhaps the European disapproval of immigration should be compared to the African and Asian disapproval of emigration.//
On BBC radio the other day a Filipino migrant, during a street demonstration in Athens told a BBC reporter that the developed countries are trying to institutionalise migration as a development programme. In the heat of a street demonstration, this was somewhat ambiguous.//
The demonstrator meant that the West is not doing migrants any favours by permitting, even encouraging migration to developed countries. Most migrants would like to remain in their home countries. They want development in their home countries, and not development apparently directed towards the enrichment of countries in the West. Not development directed towards the subsidising of corrupt governments in the developing world.//
Countries in the developing world are not far behind the West in the use of information technology. So it should be no surprise to British politicians, that the chattering classes in many developing countries have organised some lively and informative websites.//
This is made clear by the many well considered and well argued articles on the PAMBAZUKA NEWS website, (http://www.pambazuka.org/). Pambazuka is the Swahili verb meaning to dawn.
The chattering classes in Africa disapprove of emigration and carbon credits. And of course the chattering classes in Africa disapprove of the subsidising of corrupt African governments by means of so called development aid. The Kenyan economist James Shikwati has been talking about this sort of thing for several years now.//
Further to this the chattering classes in many African countries have a lively and realistic attitude to environmental and ecological problems. This likewise should hardly be a surprise. A majority of African intellectuals are either themselves directly involved in rural affairs, or are only one or two generations removed from direct involvement in rural affairs. Most European intellectuals are by contrast at least four generations removed from rural affairs.//
CHECK OUT THE PAMBAZUKA NEWS WEBSITE.//
Tom Smith, Wednesday, 11th November 2009.//
So Alan Johnson wants a national debate about immigration. Perhaps the European disapproval of immigration should be compared to the African and Asian disapproval of emigration.//
On BBC radio the other day a Filipino migrant, during a street demonstration in Athens told a BBC reporter that the developed countries are trying to institutionalise migration as a development programme. In the heat of a street demonstration, this was somewhat ambiguous.//
The demonstrator meant that the West is not doing migrants any favours by permitting, even encouraging migration to developed countries. Most migrants would like to remain in their home countries. They want development in their home countries, and not development apparently directed towards the enrichment of countries in the West. Not development directed towards the subsidising of corrupt governments in the developing world.//
Countries in the developing world are not far behind the West in the use of information technology. So it should be no surprise to British politicians, that the chattering classes in many developing countries have organised some lively and informative websites.//
This is made clear by the many well considered and well argued articles on the PAMBAZUKA NEWS website, (http://www.pambazuka.org/). Pambazuka is the Swahili verb meaning to dawn.
The chattering classes in Africa disapprove of emigration and carbon credits. And of course the chattering classes in Africa disapprove of the subsidising of corrupt African governments by means of so called development aid. The Kenyan economist James Shikwati has been talking about this sort of thing for several years now.//
Further to this the chattering classes in many African countries have a lively and realistic attitude to environmental and ecological problems. This likewise should hardly be a surprise. A majority of African intellectuals are either themselves directly involved in rural affairs, or are only one or two generations removed from direct involvement in rural affairs. Most European intellectuals are by contrast at least four generations removed from rural affairs.//
CHECK OUT THE PAMBAZUKA NEWS WEBSITE.//
Tom Smith, Wednesday, 11th November 2009.//
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