by Cryton Chikoko
On Wednesday (1 December), at least 27 people drowned trying to reach safety in the UK. Thousands have perished over the years.
While the Global North can freely roam the world, strong travel barriers are devised against the Global South.
Borders segregate people. They make sure that some people group wallow in unimaginable affluence while others are in indescribable misery (hugely a consequence of the activities and exploitation by the Global North).
As far as I know, there is no campaign that goes far enough to touch the legitimacy of borders.
Instability in many parts of the world and global warming mean that migration will only increase. More people will move in order to survive.
Our safe-and-legal-routes rallying cry, even if granted, may work but for a while.
Perhaps the time has come now to interrogate the whole concept of borders or should we wait a little bit longer so that we don’t appear insane?
Borders kill. I hate them.