Crash, boom, bang! Everything collapsed in former Yugoslavia three
years ago. All the values and beliefs were smashed by the violence and
cruelty of a few people who could not keep their hatred inside of them
any longer. In the ruins of communism, a big fire arose with no hope to
stop it. Families were torn apart. Innocent people were dying, women
were being abused, children were losing their childhood. Toys were
replaced by guns. There was no tomorrow, no future for them.
Can we blame the people who managed to escape from that hell?
Thousands of them fled the country. They are among us, despite our
ignorance. Yes, they are out there in the streets looking for our help, but
we can not see them. We are surrounded with too many prejudices
against all kinds of immigrants and illegal aliens to be able to see that
they are also humans. How much more humans with the pain that they
brought on their shoulders with them.
How do we look at these people? Why do we think they are......
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