Migration / Dreams, Realities, Roads

The concepts of going from one place to another, wafting from the places where they belong only to take roots again someplace else have been an essential part of the lives of all living beings, ever since they existed. This displacement was initially caused by climate, natural disasters, and nutrition; but is now replaced by the concept of “migration” solely caused by other people.

Today, all living beings including people themselves try to desperately find new habitat as a result of the destruction caused by people themselves.

Human beings have long been part of the nature and shaped their lives according to its rules. Still living in the same manner today, and transforming this into a cultural way of living; people choose to migrate temporarily and voluntarily in order not to interfere with the nature and to be able to make better use of it.

However, outside of this voluntary migration, today we also witness huge forced migrations which separate people from their lands, from their country, or in other words from their ‘roots’. The occasional displacement of the old is now replaced by a wave of “great migration” covering almost the entire world and resulting in great tragedies.

Because of reasons such as uncontrolled increase in population, sociological and religious wars, and bad climate conditions, people are flocking towards lands where they can exercise their very basic right to life.

People who are / who are left homeless, find themselves ready to face everything and take their chances with migrating.

Each new wave of immigration, every immigrant takes to the roads for the sake of nothing but “hope”; leaving behind their lands, their roots and a memory which they may never see again.

Towards an unknown…

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