STRANGERS AT OUR DOOR

Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knoc
ked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind t
he doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to ge
nerate fear and anxiety precisely because they are unknown. Today we find oursel
ves confronted with an extreme form of this historical dynamic, as our TV screen
s and newspapers are filled with accounts of a 'migration crisis', ostensibly ov
erwhelming Europe and portending the collapse of our way of life.