The illegal African migrants issue

The situation is really bad. Many young African people keep trying to illegally enter in Europe, at the cost of their life.

Remember in 2006 and 2007, all those reports of groups being drowned in the seas, while they were travelling in small boats, in an attempt to emigrate via the Canary Islands.

When trying to analyse, at least in the case of West Africa which I know, you find that in most of those countries today:

• Life (mostly in urban locations) is tough. There is no more that legendary african solidarity (at least it is less and less a reality). It is frequent to see an african individual indifferent when seeing another african individual suffering…
• There is no job for the young people. Or at least the society has not been capable of finding and creating the jobs.
• There is a belief among the young people that migrating to Europe, or other rich places in the world, is better than staying in their countries. This belief is reinforced by the attitude from some people within the diapora who – when they are visiting home for example – send them the message “it is better for you to go abroad… there is nothing for you here !”

I won’t ask if the affected African countries governments are doing something about the issue. You guess the answer !

We must stop finding excuses for our leaders, our societies, and ourselves !

What should we do ?

We should deeply re-think our societies in terms of what it means to live together in an African country, as a community, creating wealth, educating our children, etc…
At the same time, we should take action ! But it takes hard work to change things…

I am not saying I have solutions.
I think it is more a question of attitude. With the right attitude, people use their brain, and they find the solutions.
More, we must stop thinking that there are pre-packaged or pre-tested solutions that would come from other regions for us. Please, please, enough of that behaviour !

Regardless of the problem you are trying to solve, any solution come from trying ideas and approaches that make sense to you, making mistakes, and adjusting your action as you go.