Hungarian soldiers patrol the border line between Serbia and Hungary near Roszke, southern Hungary, on 13 September 2015. Matthias Schrader/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.
Why we need to argue for open borders
In Europe today it is imperative that everyone who desires a human-centred world gets involved in developing, making and winning arguments in favour of open borders. The inhumane nature of immigration controls are evident in the thousands of human beings who are dying every year making the perilous journey to Europe. They do not die because the journey is by its nature perilous. They die because nation-states in Europe have made it so.
The inhumane nature of immigration controls is evident in the thousands of human beings who are snared at border crossing points, in camps, in detention centres. Europe has enticed them with its talk of freedom and opportunity. Europe has enticed them with its abundance and its opportunities for learning. Thousands of human beings have tried to seize these opportunities. They have walked, paddled, swum, crawled and dashed towards the beacon of a better life.
