Immigrants Face Tougher Conditions: No More Safe Place in the World
Amnesty International report of 2013 said that worldwide human rights indolence creates a dangerous place for refugees and immigrants in all parts of the globe.
Amnesty International pointed out that those millions of people who were compelled to leave their own country to escape war and persecution, or those who migrated for job opportunities aiming to improve their lives, are being abused and discriminated.
Government around the world prioritized laws protecting their national borders over the rights of the citizens or the rights of the refugees for equal opportunities.
Secretary General of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, said that "The Failure to address conflict situations effectively is creating a global underclass. The rights of those fleeing conflict are unprotected. Too many governments are abusing human rights in the name of immigration control -going well beyond legitimate border control measures."
Mr. Shetty explained in depth that "These measures not only affect people fleeing conflict. Millions of migrants are being driven into abusive situations, including forced labour and sexual abuse, because of anti-immigration policies which means they can be exploited with impunity. Much of this is fuelled by populist rhetoric that targets refugees and migrants for governments' domestic difficulties."
The Excuse of Human Rights
Since the year of 2012, the world saw immense human rights urgent situation that compel people from North Korea, Mali, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek refuge and hope for safety and opportunities across borders to different countries.
The Amnesty International 2013 report put emphasis on how Syria continued to suffer up to this very moment. While the number of people dying increase and millions of Syrians were forced to leave their homes to escape the conflict, the world remained by-standers. Military and security forces went about their indiscriminate attacks on civilians. Those who did not want to leave were coerced by military; those who expressed objection to the government suffered arbitrary detention, torture and extrajudicial killing. Armed groups on the other hand went about holding hostages, carrying out summary killings and torturing on a smaller scale.
Government around the world hide under the pretext that human rights are "internal affairs". This prevented international humanitarian groups to take action on crisis happening in Syria. Officials from the United Nations fell short to impose rigid and unified political action.
According to Mr. Shetty, respect for state sovereignty cannot be used as an excuse for inaction. The UN Security Council must consistently stand up to abuses that destroy lives and force people to flee their homes. That means rejecting worn-out bereft doctrines that mass murder, torture an starvation are no one else's business."
Easier for Guns and Weapons
Fleeing from one country to cross another state's border was dangerous and exasperating as people encountered all possible threats. Ironically, the transport of guns and weaponries from one country to another - the root of all these - was easier and legite.
Mr. Shetty stood against this saying that "Refugees and displaced people can no longer be out of sight, out of mind. Their protection falls to all of us. The borderless world of modern communications makes it increasingly difficult for abuses to be hidden national boundaries - and is offering unprecedented opportunities for everyone to stand up for the rights of the millions uprooted from their homes."
The Refugees' Plight
Refugees all over the world suffer the same fate - forced to live in margins of the society, targets of populist, nationalistic rhetoric that creates rational intolerance and violence.
In all parts of the globe, destiny for refugees has similar stories - locked up in detention centers, held in mental crates or locked in shipping containers.
There were about 214 million migrants who are denied of protection from their own countries and their host state.
Governments were guilty of treating them as criminals that they were subjected to hard labor and slavery.
Corporations profit through exploiting undocumented migrants and abusing their human rights.
Mr. Shetty put in plain words that "Those who live outside their countries, without wealth or status, are the world's most vulnerable people but are often condemned to desperate lives in the shadows. A more just future is possible if governments respect the human rights of all people, regardless of nationality. The world cannot afford no-go zones in the global demand for human rights. Human rights protection must be applied to all human beings - wherever they are."