FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

Zeitgeistlyrik CHANNEL CROSSING (Satis Shroff) Dreams have turned into nightmares, Where moral has been destroyed. When people contemplate suicide, Than suffer at the hands Of the IS or the Taliban. The children tell you tales Of Dads who never returned. Bombed dwellings, Doors with bullet-holes. Will we ever find compassion, Understanding and tolerance Out in the west? We face prejudice and hatred Towards the poor and destitute In the rich west. We have turned into pawns For the politicians in White Russia, European countries and Poland. They push us here and there In their borders. Walls created with bared-wire To keep refugees out. The children tell you tales Of Dads who never returned. Bombed dwellings, Doors with bullet-holes. Incessant vigilant armed patrols, Heat sensors around railway tracks. The official routes are closed. Priti Patel, a politician of Indian descent, Discusses who is a genuine asylum seeker And who is an economic migrant. We are fleeing persecution And...

Humanitarian Tragedy in Europe’s Eastern Border (Satis Shroff) Due to the dramatic development along the 1000km Ukraine-Belarussian border, where thousands of migrants from Syria and Iraq are forced to live in the cold, wet forests zone, the Ukraine is not sending humanitarian help but 3000 border soldiers, 2000 national guards to control the border against an invasion of migrants. Moreover, 15 helicopters are being deployed to observe the forested and swampy areas, according to minister Denys Monastryskyj. He said the barb-wired border will be extended. The Ukraine wants to build an ‘intelligent border’ and the Ukranian government will be spending 560 million to achieve this goal. The people from Iraq and Syria, who have paid for the flight, visa and hotel in White Russia, are now obliged to spend days and nights in the cold border. Their hopes of reaching and receiving political asylum in the west (Germany, France and Switzerland) have been squashed by the border disputes of the fo...

O, EUROPA: migration blues (Satis Shroff) Pic Courtesy: pixaby SWALLOWED BY THE SEA (Satis Shroff) Lost in the Mediterranean, I, a passenger, on my way to Mother Europe, Was swallowed by the sea. A ship left Al Khoms, 120 km east of Tripolis, On board 250 people seeking asylum. Why a passage across the Mediterranean? There is no safer way, Out of the outlet Libya. What remains afloat Are rubber and plastic trappings, The relict of a boat, Sans humans on the waves A hundred souls are feared drowned, 34,196 risked their lives, Trying to reach Europe by sea. Is death by drowning Not a reason for asylum? Lost in the Mediterranean I, a passenger, on my way to Mother Europe, Swallowed by the deep sea. Lost in the Mediterranean, I, a passenger, on my way to Mother Europe, Swallowed by the sea. Desperate and vulnerable, Homeless in captivity. Detention camps and human smuggler...

Caught Between Lesbos, Chios and Brussels (Satis Shroff) In the winter of 1944-45 Twelve to fourteen million German refugees Were underway, From Eastern Europe. They fled to avoid the Red Army, Or were banished from former territories, Where the German Wehrmacht had carried out A war of destruction. Ten million German refugees went to the Federal  Republic, Four million to the German Democratic Republic. Not all were welcome, Although even private persons were obliged to help. Today many Germans help the refugees with open hearts, And lend a hand to those who've fled from war. How the European Union handles the issue, Is another matter. People suddenly become statistics. 'Deportation! Athens! Freedom! This is the cry of the illegal refugees In the hotspots of Lesbos and Chios. The Greeks in Athens and Frontex's plan Is to bring over refugees from Greece to Turkey. 72000 Syrians are to be settled in the EU: In Germany, Netherlands, France and Fi...

Zeitgeistlyrik: O, FREIBURG (Satis Shroff) O, Freiburg (Satis Shroff) O, Freiburg! March 24,1599 was the day. Three women were sentenced as witches and killed. To think this town organized a reception, For Marie Antoinette on May 4, 1770 It also deported its 375 Jewish citizens On October 1940 to Gurs and Auschwitz. As if in a heavenly wrath,  Freiburg was reduced to rubble and ashes, Heaven seemed to be glowing; Clouds began to melt and burn over the town. A scenario within twenty minutes, Created by the Royal Air Force. Twenty minutes that were burnt Into the collective memory of the Freiburger.   Frau Adolph and my mother-in-law still talk About it when we have a coffee afternoon With Schwarzwäldertorte. Frau Adolph says: ‘ Freiburg was razed to the ground. Stones, roof-bricks, broken glass, kaput windows Singed curtains, burnt books, files in smithereens. A traumatic nightmare.’ But I’m proud Freiburger have develope...

MIGRATION & INTEGRATION PRIZE FOR HELPERS (Satis Shroff) The German Word of the Year is 'Flüchtlinge' (refugees) and this word was chosen by the Society of German Language. The second word was 'Je suis Charlie' and the third 'Grexit.' Refugee has become the dominating theme in Europe (and the USA) and the substantive of the year eight hours a day from August till October 2015. Je suis Charlie became the top theme in November after the terrorist attacks in Paris. A substantive that ends with the suffix 'ling' is passive, needs help or is dependent on someone's assistance. This is the case of refugees: Flüchtlinge. Other examples of substantive endings are: Prüfling (examinee), Schützling (person in need of protection), Sträfling (person in imprisonment). Instead of using the word refugee, indicating persons who have sought refuge, it is usual to speak about 'Geflüchteten' i.e. people who have fled. The Freiburger Integration ...

QUO VADIS EUROPA? Lack of Cooperation & Coordination in Europe (Satis Shroff) The federal government of Germny will reduce its payments to the asylum seekers by changing its asylum law in a 128-page law proposal, and which will be ready before the refugee-summit of the  German states and Länder on September 24,2015. According to the Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, the asylum seekers should receive a travel-ticket or a flight-ticket plus food for the return-trip. This would hold or all refugees, who have come Hungary, Austria, Croatia or Italy and have been registered there. Pro Asyl has criticized that the government makes refugees, who were allowed to enter Germany, without shelter and deprives them from acquiring social benefits.’ On the other hand, refugees who are obliged to leave the country, because their asylum applications have been refused by the authorities shouldn’t be given privileges necessary for a journey back home. Individual cases will be t...

The Refugee Issue: What’s Up in Europe’s Borders? (Satis Shroff) The Europeans are not united regarding the distribution of refugees. An agreement was reached only on the 160,000 refugees. They will be sent to different states within the EU, according to Germany’s Thomas de Maiziere (CDU).  The Middle East  European and Baltic states were against setting a fixed quota for the distribution of refugees. Another summit of the heads of governments and states will soon take place because of the freedom of travel in Europe after the Schengen System is endangered. Germany made it clear that it does not want to take such a big number of refugee. Due to the border checks there’ll be chaos in the European borders. Chancellor Merkel rang Jean-Claude Junker (EU-Commission) and informed him about Germany’s decision to close the border to Austria in accordance with the Schengen system. Brussels was shortly thereafter informed about the decision, which was intended as an...

Migration: THE SKY’S NOT REALLY THE LIMIT (Satis Shroff) ‘We’re expecting 40,000 refugees from our southern neighbours,’ said the German Foreign Minister Steinmeier. Nice neighbours,eh? Minister  Steinmeier was in Prague recently: ‘I suggested a quota system for my East European colleagues---to no avail.’ What about CSU and CDU? They’re both on the warpath: a course of confrontation. Berlin, Vienna and Budapest had agreed to allow refugees to enter Germany by train. This is the biggest challenge in the history of the EU and it is expected that the European nations will show solidarity. Steinmeier: Even though the German people helped tremendously, we have finally reached a stage when even we have to say that we’ve reached the migration capacity. In the meantime, more and more refugees are coming along the Balkan route. In Serbia 5540 refugees were registered on Thursday, a new daily record. Hungary’s Viktor Orban warned in no uncertain terms that in f...

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/satisshroff JOURNEY OF THE REFUGEES Alle Wesen mögen Trost Erfahren in ihrem Leid und Frieden finden in ihrem Leben. Alle Wesen mögen glücklich sein. JOURNEY OF THE REFUGEES (Satis Shroff) Each refugees goes on his or her journey, Facing perils, maltreatment, angst And reaches his or her destination. If the stay permit isn’t granted Then it’s a broken journey. We don’t know the details of these journeys To the outside world, Of humans who have fled From dictators, war or want. We have neither  the right to judge them, Nor ridicule or hate them. Such an attitude never made anyone’s life A better one. History will judge whether we’ve been kind To refugees in need. Let us give our helping hand And not be blended by rightist opinions. Let Germany show its open heart. * * *