« Immigration », the trending issue that never ceases to cause havoc and turbulence within the political space across western European countries and north America.

From the sudden rise of the far-right movements to the initiation of draconian measures to curb “immigration”. From the crafty ‘political will to put an end to “illegal” immigration’ to the final need to put an end to “all manners of immigration; legal and illegal”.

Newspaper or journal nowadays never seems to end a week or even a day without taking on the subject “immigration”.

Recent news; Canada, then known as a promise land for immigrants and students, has evinced their intention through its minister of immigration to “drastically” reduce the number of foreign students’ admission from 500,000 to 437,000. More so, tighten the conditions of the grant of “temporary work permit for foreign students.

Bizarrely, immigration is not something new under the sun. Migration has been part and parcel of human history particularly in the case of Europeans (mass migration to the “discovered American continents” over the centuries).

But why suddenly, immigration has begun to rear its head like a deadly pandemic in modern era?

It is nothing but that related to “the economy”. Human by nature is always prompted to point out towards a cause when problem arise. If it is not external cause, it’s a human factor.

Someone must be the scapegoat, and that is exactly how the dynamics of immigration is taking shape.

If someone ought to be the scapegoat, then who does it ought to be? Of the course, the one who does not have ‘a say’. The poor when they laugh, they say, the rich cries. The exact case of the parable of Lazarus and the rich man.

Who are they, the poor? The less developed countries. Statistics is clear on the record and accessible to all.

In 1943, Abraham Maslow would publish a famous theory reconciled with his name, the Maslow theory wherein he classified the five essential human needs; from physiological needs to self-actualization. The records are evidently clear; it is trite the increasing rate of immigration has been due to wars, economy depression, political or religious perception.

Of course, one would have like to sit in his country and enjoy all manner of privileges that ought to be profited but when the most essential needs is threaten, it’s the soul of man that seeks for refugee.

It is sad when the “safe haven” turns to a living hell. Because of immigration, “lies” in the name of prediction, philosophy has developed “the grand replacement” leading to constructive racism and discrimination against immigrants.

Immigrants especially from poor countries has psychologically been reconciled as being “burden”, “social threat” even to the extent to embrace likewise persons who come to the “so called safe haven” for “good cause”.

Modern slavery is the talk of the day even with their so called “high civilization”. Weird refusals of staying visa, denial to merited jobs or positions, racial discontent etc.

It is sad but that is the reality. Today’s immigration policies however clairvoyantly it might be presented, is a target against the poor. They are the targets, it ought not to be denied.

If they are the targets, what do I seek to drive towards; that more and more immigrants should be accepted? I am not concerned about nationals of other continents. My concern is my own people, the Africans. Our situation as one would put it is like “jumping from one hot pan to another”.

A continent that never cease to be dominated by “selfish interest” granting a system of tyrannies with their sycophants’ incompetent one placed in strategic places. The story of a young African today is a misery.

To stay in the continent and die of hunger or travel to work as a slave. “Les bouts de bois de Dieu !”.

On the flip side, there is choice on the table for a well to do young African “to find means to help the continent get of its underlined problem” or “join expressly or tactfully the folks to destroy finally the continent”.

This is the reality that a young person of African faces today, a reality we are stuck with. God be our helper!