Lives Should NEVEr Be Used As Means: In Defence of the Human Rights of Immigrants

I recorded this in reaction to government's declaration that Malta was considering deporting immigrants from North Africa to Libya.

While this is being presented as a step to get the EU's attention to the impact of immigration and the impact its having on our limited resource, I morally object to using any tactic to use people as bargaining chips for our country to get the support It needs from mainland Europe.

Being implicitly racist, such a measure goes against the intrinsic value that we have as human beings. Indeed, it's a return to an archaic belief that national identity can trump over the value of life.

This is indeed a sad day as I realise that we are blind to the fact our world has changed and that we can't keep on thinking as if we're separate or better than others or those coming from other countries.

The value of human life can't be negotiated. That isthe ethics of terrorists to get ransom. Our government should be strong but not oppressive and utilitarian.

That's not Malta for all!

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