Racism in Europe: NPR Series

I recommend listening/reading the three-part story NPR is running on the growing xenophobia in Europe. The third part is due tomorrow. So far they have covered the worrisome situation in Germany and Italy. The topic of the treatment of undocumented migrants in the U.S. has been exhaustively discussed in this blog, but we can never forget that the situation is quite widespread around the world. I was aware of the growing xenophobia and subsequent violent treatment of South Asian migrants in Russia, but I was honestly unaware about a similar situation in Western Europe. The series has been so far an eye-opener for me.

This topic becomes crucially important in a globalized post-colonial world that should spark serious discussions at the ground level, but also at the highest levels of policy-making and international diplomacy circles. It would be interesting to see if the Holy Father comments on migration on his upcoming encyclical due this Spring (maybe).