The arrival of large numbers of migrants at Europe’s gates since 2010 has sparked bitter debate. Between fear and compassion, is there room for a shared, universal principle that would make these displaced people from Syria, Libya and Ukraine, rather than a problem, an essential cause?
In what name do we commit ourselves to people who are not or not only « immigrant workers » or « political refugees », but simply people on the move? In this personal and committed essay, Michel Agier invites us to change our relationship with migrants, to recognize the existence of a political scene on the borders, and to see the profound beauty of these « worlds of Babel ».
