It is nature for living things to seek better environment
that can sustain life. Saying living things is very general but animals move
from place to another looking for food, water and shelter, the basic biological
needs. Such movements of animals are based on real circumstances from the
environment that can no longer support life. So, to move about is necessary.
But, the story of this article is a different one.
Humans are above
all living things on earth having sophisticated brain that can turn deserts
into farm land when all required opportunities meet on the ground. Technical
education and applied sciences can pave the way to do so. Because on proper
management of the natural resources and people’s power helped mankind to produce all sorts of
products on hand today.
To the point, these years our young generations leave the
country to immigrate to the west countries especially Europe crossing thousands
of miles through big deserts and on seas risking their lives just to reach the
escaped fortune of their imaginations! This is widespread national disaster
which claimed many lives of young generation who were fed with the blood of
their poor mothers that sell vegetables and milk through the streets of our
cities. The school fees and the money for books and pens had been paid to
educate these young people to become mature in all aspects making them real
competent. But that dream dies after young people decide to go leaving
everything behind. The obsession to live abroad drives these young generations
to travel throughout difficulties to make their dream come true!
Many factors contribute this thing to happen for instance
the social communication networks like facebook take their parts. This is
because when some of these children made their way to Europe they post their
pictures wearing jeans and t-shirt with a background of tall buildings; an
illusion when we consider the other side of the situation. Simply this material
world takes over the minds of many young people to backpack and leave
enthusiastically. The worst thing that recently started in Somaliland is a
network of human trafficking system that persuade young people to prepare
leaving without paying any money unless they reach somewhere in Libya and
Sudan. Then these children are expected to make contact with their parents to
send unaffordable money or they will be held in secret places unless the ransom
is paid. The report even shows that considerable number of elementary school
students left classes. It is sure that the perception about Europe or elsewhere
in the west countries of these children will definitely change if they win to
do that puzzle.
However, the children secretly prepare the trip to
Ethiopia and Sudan, after that they call their parents to send money in order
to keep moving. No money no wealth, the only chance is to collect penny from
anywhere whether it is borrowed or asked relatives in abroad. Sometimes some of
the parents buy their small piece of land or house to secure the needs of that
child. When this happens the property of the family is lost, and the poor gets
poor. On the way hunting the no man’s lost treasure, some of them pass away
either in the desert as a result of starvation and thirst or sharks welcome
their dead bodies in the seas when the small overloaded boats sink while many
more are jailed in Ethiopia and Libya, particularly in Ethiopia you can see
many mothers complaining about the situation of their detained children, what
happened to the fathers? I don’t know, what a horrible moment. But when we
consider the image of these young people, it seems as if though they are
listening, the song of ‘get rich or die trying’.
This current problem increased the existing hard life of
the poor families, because parents particularly mothers spent every penny to
save the child, but it is not reasonable safe. When these young people reach
Europe everything changes because leaves of trees will never turn into money as
some people believe it. They start struggling, doing any available job. They
are exploited as cheap labors. Job is a job but different one than what they
totally expected before, what is earned is adjusted to what is consumed.
Everything is different, and it takes time for these immigrants to keep pace
with the new life, because they dived into a nation of much diversity
linguistically, culturally and socially. With all these difficulties the
remittance from abroad seems to be unaffordable but inevitable to miss, just to
return something back.
Why these young people leave? To answer this question
could have many possible answers, but the only one always mentioned is that
there are no jobs in the country worth doing. But everybody wants to be an
office manager, coordinator and the like having neck tie! can this be possible?
According to the reality it is not true that there are no jobs, but we don’t
want to do it. For example we can invest three big job industries we have in
the country like fishing industry, agricultural industry and mining industry.
If the businessmen invest these industries instead of importing goodies with
little quality or toxic products from overseas, then it is obvious that many
chances of employment will be offered. And the young people also need relevant
technical education to work on such fields, but lowering per cent passing marks
in leaving examination cannot solve this problem. Otherwise graduating from
schools and universities without technical profession the people will move no
wheel forward. And the governmental role towards tackling such disaster seems
missing.
The rate of unemployment and poverty will double if we
don’t put our efforts together. The government should facilitate everything for
merchants to invest our natural resources like those job creating industries
mentioned above. Technical institutes should also be implemented in the country
which will give young people skills and opportunities for getting jobs.
Otherwise the emigration will reach its maximum point. Anyhow, the parents that send money to the
children while risking their lives, the government without drastic action
against human trafficking networks, and the greedy behavior of businessmen
dreaming to get the maximum theoretical profit out of importing toxic products
and foods without quality instead of investing the country will all be
accountable of the outcome of this disaster.
Ahmed Ibrahim Farah (Doodi)
BSc
in educ. And BSc in MLS (medical laboratory science)
E-mail: guuleedcade-05@hotmail.com
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