Refugees

I read a figure to think about. In their short essay yesterday in Trouw Cecilia Malstrom and Antonio Guterres, members of the European Commission, mentioned that in the European Union 74.000 refugees are given shelter. In Kenia's Dabaab the number of refugees is 400.000. How can there be complaint about so-called 'mass immigration' in Europe ? Read these figures again.....
And know that a refugee is a human being in need. Especially now in the Horn of Africa.
Jeffrey Sachs said in The Guardian:
The Horn of Africa is the world's most vulnerable region, beset by extreme poverty, hunger and global climate change, notably a drying and warming of the climate during the past quarter century. These scourges are leading to the spread of violence and war, and war is contributing to global instability. Unless we confront the challenges of the Horn of Africa at their root causes – the poverty and vulnerability of pastoralist and agro-pastoralist populations – we will face burgeoning violence in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and beyond. The world would be gravely endangered and the trillions of dollars that would eventually be spent on military responses would prove useless to stem to unrest. Hunger cannot be overcome with violence.
Besides working on a long-term solution we need to act NOW. So don't think your gift is unnecessary, it's very valuable. Donate!

This is the current drought in Somalia, part of the famine problem.