Dear friends and supporters,
We are currently experiencing the largest refugee movements since the Second World War. Surely we can discuss the reasons why this could happen. And about whether this could have been prevented, whether the legal framework conditions etc. are really optimal. Only the people who come to us are not interested in all this. They come because they see no other option. They sacrifice their fortunes, their homes and perhaps even their lives to flee along dangerous paths to an unknown land.
I could talk about fundamental and human rights or the principles of emergency humanitarian aid, but I know that people intuitively do exactly the right thing: We help each other. Whether it is required after a tsunami, an earthquake or a flood disaster. I would therefore like to call on them not to be frightened by the controversial discussion, lurid headlines in the (social) media or even the one or other statement of a politician: Meet these people and then listen to your gut feeling. They will do the right thing.
We at @fire can do very little here at the moment because of our orientation. However, we are monitoring the situation very closely to see if and where it might make sense to deploy our specialists. In parallel, we continue to build our skills to do the right thing, the human thing: Helping.
