Milaka islandiarrek esan dute Siriako errefuxiatuak beren etxeetan ongi etorriak izango direla, joan den hilean gobernuak 50 pertsona baino ez zituela onartuko herrialdean iragarri ostean.
Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir idazle islandiarrak abiarazitako Facebook kanpaina batean , 12.000 pertsona inguruk -Islandiako biztanleriaren % 4k- errefuxiatuak beren etxeetan hartzeko eskaintza egin zuten.
Kopuru hori 2,6 milioi britainiarren baliokidea izango litzateke.
Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir
Kalkulatzen da 340.000 errefuxiatu baino gehiago iritsi direla Europara aurten, 2014ko lehen zazpi hilabeteetan iritsi zirenen ia hirukoitza.
Facebook orriaren goialdean, Islandiako Ongizate ministro Eygló Harðarri zuzendutako mezu batean, 33 urteko Bjorgvinsdottirrek idatzi zuen: "Ideia da gobernuari erakustea Siriatik jada aipatu diren 50 errefuxiatu baino gehiago jasotzeko borondatea dagoela".
"Gobernuari presioa egin nahi diogu – hobeto egin dezakegula erakutsi, eta berehala egin."
"1973an, Westman uharteetako 4.000 errefuxiatu jaso genituen gau batean sumendi erupzio baten ondoren, denek lagundu zutenean – eta ez dugu ahaztu behar orduan herrialdera laguntzera etorri ziren atzerriko boluntarioen kopurua."
"Errefuxiatuak giza baliabideak, esperientzia eta trebetasunak dira. Errefuxiatuak gure etorkizuneko ezkontideak, lagunik onenak, gure hurrengo arima bikotea, gure haurren bandako bateria-jotzailea, gure hurrengo lankidea, Miss Islandia 2022, gure bainugela konpontzen duen arotza, kafetegiko sukaldaria, suhiltzailea, hackerra eta telebistako aurkezlea dira."
"Inoiz esan ezingo diegun jendea: 'Zuen bizitzak nireak baino gutxiago balio du'".
Gaur arte, 12.000 pertsonak bat egin dute kanpainarekin, eta eskaintza ugari argitaratu dira Facebook orrialdean.
Islandiako herritarrek beren zerbitzuak eskaini dituzte behartsuentzat sukaldatzeko, haurrak eskolara eramateko, arropa eta sukaldeko tresnak emateko eta Siriako errefuxiatuei "Islandiako gizartera egokitzen" laguntzeko.
Kanpainari emandako erantzunak Islandiako lehen ministro Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson bultzatu du batzorde berri bat izendatzera errefuxiatu gehiago herrialdera sartzeko aukera aztertzeko, Icelandic Review Online-k jakinarazi duenez .
«Nazioarteko politikan gure helburua ahalik eta arlo gehienetan laguntzea izan da, eta hau da une honetan behar handiena dagoen arloetako bat», esan zuen Sigmundurrek.
Europako estatu-buruek kontinenteko errefuxiatuekiko izan dituzten erreakzioak oso anitzak izan dira.
Miloš Zeman Txekiako presidentea kritikatu egin zuten igandean prentsaurreko batean egindako adierazpenen ondorioz, non errefuxiatu etsiak "hilko duen tsunami batekin" alderatu zituen .
Iradoki zuen migratzaile olatu handi batek Ekialdeko Europako herrialdea hondatu eta suntsitu egingo zuela, "errefuxiatuek beren senideak eurekin bat egitera gonbidatuko baitituzte".
Asteartean, Yvette Cooperrek, Alderdi Laboristako lidergorako hautagai izandakoak, esan zuen Erresuma Batuak gutxienez 10.000 errefuxiatu onartu beharko lituzkeela Bigarren Mundu Gerraz geroztik Europan izan den krisi humanitario larrienari aurre egiteko .
Cooperrek herrialde osoko herri eta hiriei dei egin zien hamar etorkin familia hartzeko, Erresuma Batuak gerrak suntsitutako herrialdeetatik ihesi doazen milaka pertsonari laguntzeko ahaleginaren barruan.
Bitartean, Alemania aurten 800.000 asilo eskaera jasotzeko prestatzen ari da - 2014an jasotako kopuruaren laukoitza.
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Amazing woman! How wonderful to reach out and help those in need. Sadly, some of the previous posts may tolerate helping others, but only "certain" types of people. It seems the ultra-religious folks seem to think only "chosen" groups of humans should be helped, and anyone who disagrees with their own dogma should simply fall by the wayside. This is contradictory to what the person they worship (Jesus) taught. He said to love all people equally. Sad to see that they "pick & choose" to whom they offer their sentiments. Perhaps the people writing these posts come from warmongering nations that prides themselves on taking lands, violent oppression, aggression and conquest. That may explain the Xenophobic and Islamaphobic responses about this wonderful story. Ladies and gentlemen, let me remind you, this planet is a big place filled with many different human beings, just like a beautiful flower garden. This story is a wonderful example of real and true devotion to one's fellow human beings. The nay-sayers can shake their heads, thump their Bibles or get their yarmulkes all twisted up, but the fact remains that what this woman has done is a true example of real dedication to helping other human beings in need. Love in action. Isn't that what religion is supposed to be all about in the first place??
[Hide Full Comment]As with everything balance in needed. We
can't be swept up only by the action of doing good so that we can feel
good. Safety and precaution and judgement is needed too! Best of luck to the
refugees and those who open their homes to them!
This is a fantastic idea and she is spot on about how many gems and gifts there are in refugees. I am so tired of people painting refugees as somehow inherently dangerous or to be watched out for in safety.... refugees are doctors, lawyers, teachers, custodians, MA and PhD recipients, they are mothers and daughters, fathers and sons. Please see refugees as human beings and not the stereotypes in your minds. Thank you!
I congratulate Iceland on the wonderful open citizens who who compassion and love for others.
People like Ken, who communicated his fear and aggression in his post, also need compassion because they suffer greatly. I hope that he can reconcile with the world around him, just as we all have to.
Such a positive uplifting post, only to be followed by 2 comments full of fear and hate and racism the likes of which I have never read on the Daily Good since I started reading it the year of its inception. Filled with sadness that this blog now has readers who hate so much they must advertise it in these pages.
Some of the Icelanders will probably live to regret this huge mistake, others will die a horrible death, or mutilation. I can see a rape epidemic coming on and Iceland is ill prepared for the onslaught of savages roaming the streets of their cities.
I wonder how the homeowners vet the Syrians for safety.
Can this even be done?
Or do the homeowners just wing it. Assume they are OK.
Because faith.
I wonder what level of risk they take.
Do they just take women and children? Or military age men as well.
How about their level of fundamentalism. Is their a nogo level?
If the refugee in your house wants to actively practice sharia, do you go along? What about if they begin to resent you if you dont? What do you do then?
I enjoy helping other people, but these basic hard questions of physical safety risk management are unanswered in the article.