Roughly 150 years after the sale of human beings was supposedly abolished, the trans-Atlantic trade in human lives is booming again! All the hallmarks are exactly the same!
First we dehumanise them: illegal migrants! —— yet, they have names, were born to a family, have blood flowing through their veins like the rest of us, feel pain etc.
Next, we follow the money-trail: angry population complaining about the £millions in taxpayer funding to house these illegal migrants in hotels, feed them etc., BUT hang on, the hotels are not owned by the illegal migrants right? So, who is the beneficiary of these millions being spent on housing and feeding these illegal migrants? (I am sure those beneficiaries will be donating money to our schools and colleges, hospitals etc.?). Just like the wealthy slave traders of old had educational grants and built playgrounds etc..
Next, we find that many of these so-called illegal migrants are being hired as cheap labour
Then we hear of Countries like France who have to be paid by Brits to stop illegal migrants crossing the channel in small boats. And countries like Turkey, Libya, Tunisia, demanding money, EU membership etc., else they will look the other way and let illegal migrants flood our countries out west. So, more money and favours change hands? —- known as trade?
No need to mention the people smugglers involved and the hefty fees they are said to be charging the migrants and the menial work those migrants are having to do, to earn such monies to pay the smugglers..
So, who said slavery was abolished in 1865?
Public sentiment is the same as back then. We say little, turn the other way. After all flogging and chains are not involved this time around eh? So, can’t be that bad…
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