You Must Not Sleep
"You must not sit in your snug home,
and say: That's sad, poor people!
You must not endure so very well,
the unjustice that does not affect yourself!
I shout with my voice, the last breath,
you are not allowed to go and forget!"
By Arnulf Overland, 1935 (selected verse translated from Norwegian)
Innocent Children to be deported
Tomorrow on a regular Thursday for most of us, over 400 asylum seeker children along with their families will start facing a new reality.
The Norwegian government has decided to deport children who have spent most of or their lives in Norway. They are integrated into the Norwegian culture and they are just like any other Norwegian child living in Norway, except their parents came to Norway as refugees. Therefore these children along with their parents will be sent back the countries their parents once escaped. Many of these children know no other country than Norway.
The United Nations Convention on Children's Rights states "a devotion to the best interest of a child, and Norway has ratified the whole Convention. Which according to
UNICEF means that "national governments have committed themselves to protecting and ensuring children's rights and they have agreed to hold themselves accountable for this commitment before the international community. States parties to the Convention are obliged to develop and undertake all actions and policies in the light of the best interest of the child."
In this situation, we must have the best interest of over 400 children at heart, not a governmental policy trying to set an example in a stricter immigration/asylum policy.
Dare Not to Sleep
Amnesty International Norway has a
petition if you are interested to look further into the issue.
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Kaldblodig og ummennesklig
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