"IS IT FAIR?"

A few days ago an accident happened in the sea. Some immigrants were on their way to “a new way of life” and, because of a negligence, they have disappeared and probably died. All this starts with a business. Many mafias take advantage of the desperation of some people in Africa; they promise to take them to a new country where they could have the chance to live a new life just paying some money. Ok, up to this point everything seems to be perfect, but the thing is that these mafias try to make the most of the boats transporting more people than the boat can hold. They only think about making business and money, and that’s the problem.

The accident I’ve mentioned before is a consequence of this greed. People in the boat started to become nervous and move, and then the boat overturned, or at least I think this was what happened.

About 700 people disappeared or died there. At this point I wonder something: Has this item shocked on the news, or has it only appeared a few times so people didn’t know? When the accident of Germanwings happened, it almost reached the news all over the world, and there were less than half this number of deaths (even though we didn’t know if they’re dead or not).

What people don’t realize is that the news only reflects occidental problems and interests. If people in the third world disappear or die in big quantities, we practically don’t notice. That’s a shocking thing that, if you don’t take notice of it, you won’t realize it.

I think this is totally unfair because we are all human and we have the same rights as people in the third world, even if we have more money or technology, we are all people.