He first visited the African continent in 1974, and has returned multiple times, including two other visits to east and South Africa in his role as head of state, and another – which he recalls during this interview – to Somalia in 1992, during a devastating famine.
That afternoon, he said he was “amazed” at the reaction: while there may be some differences in opinion, African presidents had been coming up to him “one by one” to say they felt his speech “was the speech that Africans wanted”. “And I think [change] will happen,” he says. Both Africa and South America “have the capacity to say ‘the voices of our continents must be heard in New York’.”
“You can’t really achieve anything of what we’ve been speaking about without dealing with the debt issue,” he says. “During the Covid crisis, for example, there were 62 developing countries thatUnfortunately, we made an excessive reliance on the market to solve our housing situationWhen asked if he feels it is morally important for him to engage with Africa in his current role as Ireland’s head of state, the president responded: “Very much so.
President Higgins and his wife, Sabina, at the Africa Food Summit Conference in Dakar. Photograph: Maxwellsin Senegal, but that people who say that “certain types of intellectual property rights ... must defeat [human] rights” display “a very limited view of the world”. Regarding the lack of available accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland at the moment, he says “it isn’t only a case of Ireland”. Yet, he says, “international migrants are protected under international law”.
He says we should define our country not just “as a community of vulnerabilities” but also “as a community of capacities ... We should set no barriers and we should put no barriers in anybody’s way.”The President also has a message for black Irish people, who may be dealing with racism at home today. “Stay strong,” he says. “Get past it. Stay curious.
“How many abuses and atrocities are in fact being ignored, are simply regarded as sometimes we could leave aside for the moment because of trade relationships? Trade should not be defeating human rights,” he says. , Higgins said Europeans needed to reconceptionalise development models in relation to Africa. He said there was a need to move away from “programmes of aid in the past that were externally imposed, conceived of and applied without due cognisance of history and the context of Africa as a diverse, fast-changing continent”.
But yet he hasnt pushed for the Territories bill, hasnt intervened in the House despite his right to Easier to talk and stay Comfy than take True Action But Hes dead right though !
How out of touch with the working classes do you have to be to be this delusional. Another champagne socialist
This from a man who ignores all the atrocities of communism and other ideologies he believes in.
But it is…
Get rid of this Muppet FFS, the president of Ireland trying to destroy our country and borders
*New LOTR scene* Frodo berating Boromir to take in refugees from Mordor
Imagine a President of Ireland saying that. But he is not really is he. Signed into law the most coercive laws in the history of the State. I predict he will be the first president to be forcibly removed through criminal charges and jailed. You would wonder what they have on him?
Higgins is a traitor and should be thrown in prison for even suggesting we give up our sovereignty. Wef propaganda.
I wish the PresidentIRL had changed.......weasel
He is capitalist scum.
Loves himself.......
He lives in a big fancy house away from everything, not exactly Dorset Street.
Seeing all the tiny brained racists in the replies is helpful 😂😂
Traitor.
A career parasite advocating for parasites
I don’t see big empty Aras an Uachtaran taking any refugees into the building or homeless Irish.
Micheal D Higgins hasn’t changed, he’s still a Parasite living off the Irish taxpayer
Gobshite
No borders = No nation. Why does this traitor hate the Irish so much?
President_IRL continues to talk beyond his terms of reference and needs to have his wings clipped, but the Govt are scared of him
Coming from a career politician living in a big house in the park don’t see any refugees been taken in my mickie d another do as I say not as I do.
End borders and you end independent nation states. Then national positions like 'presidents,' become meaningless. Higgins wants us back in an Empire, but this time his left-globalist, borderless, 'woke' imperium. Subversion of the Irish state from our highest official.
Let me summarise this article. Millionaire champagne socialist politician takes a taxpayer funded trip to Africa. He then comes back to the Irish and lectures about open borders. He can feck right off 😅
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