Moria Camp: Resettling the Refugees

Migrants rested as they spent the night on the road near Mytilene. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images

This year we marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Everyday I re-post names released by the Auschwitz Memorial Museum belonging to the Jewish, Sinti, Roma, as well as freedom fighters exterminated by Germany.

Ceremonies, speeches, and promises to never forget were made, yet we continue to practice the cruelty and racism that led to Auschwitz. One grave example is the sheer refusal to resettle the refugees at the Moria Camp.

80% of the refugees are from Afghanistan, resulting from the NATO and ISAF-led invasion of the country in 2001. Indeed, the responsibility of resettling the refugees at Moria Camp lies with NATO and ISAF countries. Let us begin the resettling process today.

I recollect how the world relied on the faith and force of the Afghan people to fight off Communist aggression from USSR, only to abandon them. Then we blamed and attacked them for the demolition of the Twin Towers. We can no longer stand by and watch the pain and misery of refugees. The time to rehabilitate is now. Nothing stands in our way except the dust in our hearts.