World Refugee Day yesterday

yes it was. time, perhaps, to reflect on the concept of nation states. it is really an improvement over the concept of empires that it had succeeded? 192 separate countries in this world. 192 different governments. 192 different borders to cross.

to one Myanmarese refugee in Malaysia, crossing 2 borders was harrowing enough. 2 weeks, it took her to arrive in Kuala Lumpur. crossing into Thailand in a fishing boat, hidden with many others under fishing nets, half submerged in seawater. crammed in an room with 50 others in Bangkok. running blindy at night, barefoot in the jungles of the Thai-Malaysia border...

if only people took humanity as a nation.