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The insecurity of the security package (some reflections in the form of story)


The insecurity of the security package

Yesterday I attended a religious ceremony at a Pentecostal church in Nigeria.
It is not my hobby Sunday preferred and usually attend the churches (Pentecostal or not) the bare minimum (weddings, christenings, funerals, etc.).
But this time I was forced to attend, there is no excuse, is called the daughter and my wife did not admit any objections ...
For years attending Pentecostal churches, usually the impression I have is a mix of divertimemto for the carnival atmosphere, dancing and boredom for the duration of the exhausting ceremonies. And there is also a bit of discomfort, when they ask for the offer.
However, taken in small doses, can be done.
But yesterday, I noticed something unusual.
the final prayer, the one you call with any favor, and health benefit information, many times the pastor (or pastor?) Invoked the Lord (Jesus the Lord) because concedesse grace to all supreme, which in specifically is getting the Permit of Stay.
I looked around curious, are years that I attend various migrant smuggling and humanity, but this is the first time I pray for the pemesso residence.
Previously I happened to hear someone publicly thank The Almighty for having finally achieved a residence permit, but I never would have thought that an entire religious community to commit itself for nearly five minutes in a collective prayer for the residence permit.
And 'the effect of the security package, the League's rhetoric against illegal immigrants creates the first of its fruits and insecurity puts its migrants.
Red cards, ban entry of medical care and day care nursery, in ICE detention, inspections, raids and similar crap are increasingly fostering a climate of fear among immigrants, even those who are afraid of seeing regularly captured , imprisoned and expelled at any moment a relative or friend irregular, with no possibility of appeal to a judge or a lawyer to resolve the situation.
I think of these Nigerians, I've known for some time, women were forced into prostitution for years, men who have walked across the desert, people hard, forged, and determined that absurd today, which are finally regular, with a residence permit, a job, a home and family, they feel more insecure and are afraid to return illegal or not illegal to help a family to settle.

So we rely on faith, we can only pray.
Give us this day our daily allowed to stay and lead us not into hiding, but deliver us from the League.
Amen

Alberto Mossino
Asti, July 26, 2010

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