Migration and Memory

Europe and migration, migration to Europe… Actually, what are we (as in the media, politicians, "experts") talking about? Does Europe have such a strong appeal to those going into "exile", or does Europe (which Europe?) have a tendency to exaggerate its appeal somewhat, claiming to be the flagship destination of choice, on this side of the ocean or sea, according to "tour operators" promoting it as an attractive place for exiles?

In fact, has anyone remotely given any real thought as to why this "appeal" to Europe exists? Who can honestly say they are European and rightly accuse "the other" of being a non-European with values ​​quite different from those he would advocate or defend in the name of a "common European good"?

Although many would deny it, does there not exist a "European populism", with its own borders, its liberal or neo-participative "conservatism" that seeks, within Europe, to define a "migrant" as coming from a land outside of Europe? Migration and "migrants" would somehow be non-European!

Let’s not risk playing this game of rejecting or annihilating history, the living memory behind the creation of Europe: Is Europe not itself the child of our migrations?

To remember, in this case, is to take the risk of being positively and humanly honest, in short, to admit that our history, in every way, in every sense, is one of migrants.

I am European, because I am a migrant; I am a migrant therefore I am European, as others are African, or American. I am a migrant, I am human: I am, between the future and the past, a migrant memory linked to a place and time, which for me or for others are now European; yesterday they were different; tomorrow they will be different. Migration and memory: the existential challenges for Europe and the world; crossroads of humanity, otherwise, nothing fertile will come from the uncovered corner of Europe; migrant in Europe: migrant in every sense of the word.