When refugees may die while fleeing from violence where they live,
\nWhat assistance to those people do other countries give?<\/p>\n
Refugees\u00b4 deaths should not become new additions to the calendar of tragedies;
\nThose ends should be considered as global problems for which there are good remedies<\/p>\n
How can countries unite to ensure endangered refugees of their right to be alive?
\nBy creating conditions for those who are forced to leave their countries to survive<\/p>\n
When refugees riskily have to cross an ocean or a sea,
\nHow does a humanitarian world dignify their right to be free?<\/p>\n
May this be a global plea —
\nOne that impacts both you and me
\n_______________________________________<\/p>\n
Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom H\u00e9lder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 <\/em>Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Brasil Am\u00e9rica (www.abaweb.org<\/a>). <\/em>He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When refugees may die while fleeing from violence where they live,
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