UN General Assembly
2010

ancestors migrated because of war or famine from Europe to Latin America there was no expulsion of migrants. Those European migrants took over thousands of hectares and pillaged natural resources, and no one said anything. But now that our brothers and sisters, driven by lack of work, emigrate in search of jobs in the United States or Europe, they suffer persecution, discrimination and expulsion. This has to stop. Our alliance must also examine the fate of these brothers and sisters. I have also heard it said that walls or fences are being built in, for example, Mexico and Palestine. As far as I know, fences are only built to keep in cattle, sheep and cows. We cannot confuse human beings with animals and build fences to keep them in. It makes no sense. But I also want to say: how can we prevent human beings from going from one continent to another? We have heard much opinion in this debate on the subject of free-market policies. Are commodities to circulate freely around the world but not human