The refugee crisis is a test of our character | David Miliband

Translator: Nelson Simfukwe Reviewer: Joachim Mangilima

Ninaenda kuongea nanyi kuhusu janga la kidunia la wakimbizi

I'm going to speak to you about the global refugee crisis

and my aim is to show you that this crisis

na lengo langu ni kuwaonyesha kwamba janga hili

is manageable, not unsolvable,

Linaweza kusimamiwa, halishindikani kutatuliwa,

but also show you that this is as much about us and who we are

lakini pia kuwaonyesha kwamba hili jambo ni zaidi kuhusu sisi na vile tulivyo

as it is a trial of the refugees on the front line.

kama lilivyo ni jaribu kwa wakimbizi waliopo mstari wa mbele.

For me, this is not just a professional obligation,

Kwangu mimi, hili sio jukumu la kikazi tu,

because I run an NGO supporting refugees and displaced people around the world.

kwa vile ninaendesha taasisi isiyo ya kiserikali inayoshughululika na wakimbuzi duniani kote.

It's personal.

nachukulia kama jukumu la kibinafsi.

I love this picture.

Naipenda picha hii.

That really handsome guy on the right,

Yule kijana mtanashati sana upande wa kulia,

that's not me.

yule sio mimi.

That's my dad, Ralph, in London, in 1940

Ni baba yangu, Ralph, akiwa London, mwaka 1940

with his father Samuel.

akiwa na baba yake Samwel.

They were Jewish refugees from Belgium.

Walikuwa wakimbizi wa Kiyahudi tokea Ubelgiji.

They fled the day the Nazis invaded.

Walikimbia siku ambazo Nazi wa Ujerumani walivamia.

And I love this picture, too.

Na naipenda picha hii, pia.

It's a group of refugee children

Ni kundi la watoto wakimbizi

arriving in England in 1946 from Poland.

walipowasili Uingereza mwaka 1946 kutokea Poland.

And in the middle is my mother, Marion.

Na katikati ni mama yangu, Marion.

She was sent to start a new life

Alitumwa kwenda kuanza maisha mapya

in a new country

katika nchi mpya

on her own

yeye mwenyewe

at the age of 12.

akiwa na miaka 12.

I know this:

Najua hili;

if Britain had not admitted refugees

Kama Waingereza wasingeruhusu wakimbizi

in the 1940s,

mwaka 1940,

I certainly would not be here today.

Nina uhakika nisingekuwa hapa leo.

Yet 70 years on, the wheel has come full circle.

Bado katika miaka 70, gurudumu limezunguka kuwa kamili.

The sound is of walls being built,

Sauti za kuta ambazo zimejengwa,

vengeful political rhetoric,

siasa za visasi,

humanitarian values and principles on fire

thamani ya ubinadamu na misingi katika moto

in the very countries that 70 years ago said never again

katika nchi ambazo miaka 70 iliyopita zilisema hakuna tena kamwe

to statelessness and hopelessness for the victims of war.

wataokuwa bila mataifa na matumaini ambao ni wahanga wa vita.

Last year, every minute,

Mwaka uliopita, kila dakika,

24 more people were displaced from their homes

zaidi ya watu 24 walikuwa wakiondolewa kutoka majumbani mwao

by conflict, violence and persecution:

kwa mafarakano, machafuko na unyanyapaa wa kibaguzi:

another chemical weapon attack in Syria,

shambulio lingine la silaha za kemikali nchini Syria,

the Taliban on the rampage in Afghanistan,

Watalibani na machafuko nchini Afghanistan,

girls driven from their school in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram.

wasichana waliotekwa na Boko Haram wakiwa shule Kaskazini- Mashariki mwa Nigeria.

These are not people moving to another country

Hawa sio watu ambao wanahamia nchi nyingine

to get a better life.

kupata maisha bora.

They're fleeing for their lives.

Wanahama kwa kuokoa maisha yao.

It's a real tragedy

Ni jambo la kuhuzunisha mno

that the world's most famous refugee can't come to speak to you here today.

kwamba mkimbizi maarufu duniani hawezi kuja kuongea hapa leo hii.

Many of you will know this picture.

Wengi wenu mtaitambua picha hii.

It shows the lifeless body

Inaonyesha mwili usio na maisha

of five-year-old Alan Kurdi,

mwa mvulana wa miaka mitano aitwaye Alan Kurdi,

a Syrian refugee who died in the Mediterranean in 2015.

mkimbizi wa Syria aliyefariki Mediterenian mwaka 2015.

He died alongside 3,700 others trying to get to Europe.

Alifariki na wengine 3700 wakati wakijaribu kuingia Ulaya.

The next year, 2016,

Mwaka uliofata, 2016,

5,000 people died.

Watu 5000 walifariki.

It's too late for them,

Walikuwa wamechelewa mno,

but it's not too late for millions of others.

lakini ni mapema kwa wengine mamilioni.

It's not too late for people like Frederick.

Bado ni mapema kwa watu kama Frederick.

I met him in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania.

Nilikutana nae katika kambi ya wakimbizi inayofahamika kama Nyarugusu nchini Tanzania.

He's from Burundi.

Anatokea Burundi.

He wanted to know where could he complete his studies.

Alitaka kujua ni wapi angeweza kumaliza masomo yake.

He'd done 11 years of schooling. He wanted a 12th year.

Amesoma madarasa 11, na alitaka malizia mwaka wa 12.

He said to me, "I pray that my days do not end here

Aliniambia, "Ninaomba kwa Mungu siku zangu zisiiishie hapa

in this refugee camp."

katika kambi hii ya wakimbizi."

And it's not too late for Halud.

Na bado ni mapema kwa Halud.

Her parents were Palestinian refugees

Wazazi wake walikuwa ni wakimbizi wa Kipalestina

living in the Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus.

wanaoishi katika kambi ya Yarmouk nje ya mji mkuu wa Damascus.

She was born to refugee parents,

Alizaliwa wazazi wakimbizi,

and now she's a refugee herself in Lebanon.

na sasa ni mkimbizi akiwa peke yake nchini Lebanon.

She's working for the International Rescue Committee to help other refugees,

Anafanya kazi katika kamati ya kimataifa ya kusaidia wakimbizi wengine,

but she has no certainty at all

lakini hana uhakika wowote

about her future,

kuhusu maisha yake ya baadaye,

where it is or what it holds.

yapo wapi na yana ahadi gani.

This talk is about Frederick, about Halud

Hotuba hii ni kuhusu Frederick, na kuhusu Halud

and about millions like them:

na kuhusu mamilioni ya wengine;

why they're displaced,

na walikuwa wameondolewa,

how they survive, what help they need and what our responsibilities are.

wanaishi vipi, msaada gani wanahitaji na majukumu yetu ni yapi.

I truly believe this,

Ninaamini katika hili,

that the biggest question in the 21st century

kwamba swali kubwa katika karne ya 21

concerns our duty to strangers.

linahusu majukumu yetu kwa watu tusiowafahamu.

The future "you" is about your duties

Kesho yako inahusu majukumu yako

to strangers.

kwa usiowafahamu.

You know better than anyone,

Unajua vyema kuliko mwingine yoyote,

the world is more connected than ever before,

dunia imeunganishwa kirahisi sana kuliko miaka ya nyuma,

yet the great danger

lakini hatari kubwa

is that we're consumed by our divisions.

ni kwamba tunatumia muda mwingi katika utengano wetu.

And there is no better test of that

Na hakuna jaribio bora kwa hilo

than how we treat refugees.

kuliko jinsi tunavyowajali wakimbizi.

Here are the facts: 65 million people

Huu ni ukweli: watu milioni 65

displaced from their homes by violence and persecution last year.

waliondolewa kutoka majumbani mwao kwa machafuko mwaka uliopita.

If it was a country,

Kama ingekuwa ni nchi,

that would be the 21st largest country in the world.

ingekuwa ni nchi kubwa kuliko zote duniani katika karne ya 21.

Most of those people, about 40 million, stay within their own home country,

Wengi ya hawa watu, takribani milioni 40, wanaishi katika nchi zao,

but 25 million are refugees.

lakini milioni 25 ni wakimbizi.

That means they cross a border into a neighboring state.

Hii inamaanisha wanavuka mpaka kwenda nchi jirani.

Most of them are living in poor countries,

Wengi wao wanaishi katika nchi masikini,

relatively poor or lower-middle-income countries, like Lebanon,

nchi za umasikini wa ulinganifu au zilizo na kipato cha chini cha kati, kama Lebanon,

where Halud is living.

ambapo Halud anaishi.

In Lebanon, one in four people is a refugee,

Nchini Lebanon, mtu mmoja kati ya wanne ni mkimbizi,

a quarter of the whole population.

robo ya watu wote.

And refugees stay for a long time.

Na wakimbizi hukaa kwa muda mrefu.

The average length of displacement

Muda wa wastani wa kukimbia

is 10 years.

ni miaka kumi.

I went to what was the world's largest refugee camp, in eastern Kenya.

Nilikwenda katika kambi kubwa ya wakimbizi duniani, mashariki ya Kenya.

It's called Dadaab.

Inafahamika kama Dadaab.

It was built in 1991-92

Ilijengwa kati mwaka 1991 hadi 92

as a "temporary camp" for Somalis fleeing the civil war.

kama kambi ya muda kwa Wasomali waliokimbia kutokana na vita ya kisiasa.

I met Silo.

Nilikutana na Silo.

And naïvely I said to Silo,

Na nikajisemea kwa Silo,

"Do you think you'll ever go home to Somalia?"

"Unadhani utaweza kurudi nyumbani Somalia?"

And she said, "What do you mean, go home?

Na alisema, "Unamaanisha nini, kurudi nyumbani?

I was born here."

Nimezaliwa hapa."

And then when I asked the camp management

Na kisha nilipouliza utawala wa kambi ile

how many of the 330,000 people in that camp were born there,

ni wangapi kati ya watu 330,000 walizaliwa palepale kambini,

they gave me the answer:

Walinipa jibu;

100,000.

100,000

That's what long-term displacement means.

Hii ndiyo maana ya ukimbizi wa muda mrefu.

Now, the causes of this are deep:

Sasa, chanzo cha haya matatizo kina kina kirefu;

weak states that can't support their own people,

mataifa dhaifu ambayo hayawezi kujali watu wao,

an international political system

mfumo wa kimataifa wa siasa

weaker than at any time since 1945

dhaifu kuliko muda wowote kuanzia 1945

and differences over theology, governance, engagement with the outside world

na tofauti za imani za kidini, utawala, mahusiano na dunia ya nje

in significant parts of the Muslim world.

katika sehemu muhimu ya dunia ya Kiislamu

Now, those are long-term, generational challenges.

Sasa, hizi ni changamoto za vizazi ambazo ni za muda mrefu.

That's why I say that this refugee crisis is a trend and not a blip.

Ndiyo maana ninasema hili janga la wakimbizi ni jambo ambalo ni muendelezo na sio la kushtukiza.

And it's complex, and when you have big, large, long-term, complex problems,

Ni tata, na pale unapokuwa na matatizo ambayo ni makubwa, ya muda mrefu,

people think nothing can be done.

watu hufikiri hamna jambo linaloweza fanyika.

When Pope Francis went to Lampedusa,

Wakati Papa Francis alipokwenda Lampedusa,

off the coast of Italy, in 2014,

katika pwani za Italia, mwaka 2014,

he accused all of us and the global population

alitushutumu sisi sote na dunia nzima

of what he called "the globalization of indifference."

ambapo aliita ni dunia ya "utandawazi wa wasiojali."

It's a haunting phrase.

Ni msemo ambao upo nasi mara zote.

It means that our hearts have turned to stone.

Ina maana kwamba mioyo yetu imegeuka kuwa ya mawe.

Now, I don't know, you tell me.

Sasa, sifahamu, uniambie.

Are you allowed to argue with the Pope, even at a TED conference?

Unatakiwa kulumbana na Papa, hata katika mkutano wa TED?

But I think it's not right.

Lakini nafikiri si sahihi.

I think people do want to make a difference,

Nadhani watu wanataka kufanya mabadiliko,

but they just don't know whether there are any solutions to this crisis.

lakini hawajui kama kuna utatuzi wowote wa hili janga.

And what I want to tell you today

Na ninachotaka kuwaambia leo

is that though the problems are real, the solutions are real, too.

Ni kwamba ingawa matatizo ni makubwa, na ufumbuzi wake ni mkubwa pia

Solution one:

Ufumbuzi wa kwanza:

these refugees need to get into work in the countries where they're living,

wakimbizi hawa wanatakiwa wajishughulishe katika nchi wanazoishi.

and the countries where they're living need massive economic support.

na nchi ambazo wanaishi zinatakiwa kupewa msaada mkubwa wa kiuchumi.

In Uganda in 2014, they did a study:

Mwaka 2014 nchini Uganda, walifanya utafiti:

80 percent of refugees in the capital city Kampala

Asilimia 80 ya wakimbizi katika mji mkuu wa Kampala

needed no humanitarian aid because they were working.

hawakuhitaji msaada wa kibinadamu kwa sababu walikuwa wakifanya kazi.

They were supported into work.

Walikuwa wakisaidiwa katika kazi.

Solution number two:

Ufumbuzi namba mbili:

education for kids is a lifeline, not a luxury,

elimu kwa watoto ni msingi wa maisha, sio starehe,

when you're displaced for so long.

Unapokuwa umekimbia kwa muda mrefu.

Kids can bounce back when they're given the proper social, emotional support

Watoto wanaweza shindwa pale wanapopewa msaada sahihi wa kijamii na kihisia

alongside literacy and numeracy.

pamoja na maarifa

I've seen it for myself.

Nimejionea mwenyewe.

But half of the world's refugee children of primary school age

Lakini nusu wa wakimbizi watoto duniani walio katika umri wa elimu ya msingi

get no education at all,

hawapati elimu kabisa,

and three-quarters of secondary school age get no education at all.

na robo tatu ya umri wa shule ya sekondari hawapati elimu kabisa.

That's crazy.

Inachanganya akili sana!

Solution number three:

Ufumbuzi namba tatu:

most refugees are in urban areas, in cities, not in camps.

wakimbizi wengi wapo katika maeneo ya mijini, katika majiji, na sio katika makambi.

What would you or I want if we were a refugee in a city?

Ni kipi utachotaka au nitachotaka kama tungekuwa wakimbizi katika jiji?

We would want money to pay rent or buy clothes.

Tungehitaji fedha kwa ajili ya kulipa kodi na kununua nguo.

That is the future of the humanitarian system,

Hiyo ni kesho ya mfumo wa kibinadamu,

or a significant part of it:

au nyanja muhimu:

give people cash so that you boost the power of refugees

wape watu fedha ili uongeze nguvu ya wakimbizi

and you'll help the local economy.

na utasaidia uchumi wa eneo husika.

And there's a fourth solution, too,

Na kuna ufumbuzi wa nne, pia,

that's controversial but needs to be talked about.

unatatiza lakini unatakiwa kuongelewa.

The most vulnerable refugees need to be given a new start

Wale wakimbizi ambao wapo katika mazingira hatarishi wanatakiwa kupewa mwanzo mpya

and a new life in a new country,

na maisha mapya katika nchi mpya,

including in the West.

ukijumuisha na nchi za Magharibi.

The numbers are relatively small, hundreds of thousands, not millions,

Takwimu ni ndogo sana ukilinganisha, mamia ya maelfu, na sio mamilioni,

but the symbolism is huge.

lakini ubaguzi ni mkubwa.

Now is not the time to be banning refugees,

Sasa sio muda wa kukataa wakimbizi,

as the Trump administration proposes.

kama vile utawala wa Trump unavyohimiza.

It's a time to be embracing people who are victims of terror.

Ni muda wa kuwapa msaada wale ambao ni wahanga wa machafuko.

And remember --

Na kumbuka --

(Applause)

(Makofi)

Remember, anyone who asks you, "Are they properly vetted?"

Kumbuka, kila anayekuuliza, "Wamechunguzwa vyema?"

that's a really sensible and good question to ask.

hilo ni swali muhimu mno kuuliza.

The truth is, refugees arriving for resettlement

Ukweli ni kwamba, wakimbizi wanaowasili kutokana na machafuko

are more vetted than any other population arriving in our countries.

huchunguzwa kuliko wakimbizi wengine wote wanaoingia katika nchi.

So while it's reasonable to ask the question,

Kwa hiyo pale ambapo ina maana kuuliza swali,

it's not reasonable to say that refugee is another word for terrorist.

si sahihi kusema kwamba mkimbizi ni neno lingine linalomaanisha gaidi.

Now, what happens --

Sasa, kipi kinatokea --

(Applause)

(Makofi)

What happens when refugees can't get work,

Kipi kinatokea kama wakimbizi hawawezi kupata kazi,

they can't get their kids into school,

hawawezi peleka watoto wao shuleni,

they can't get cash, they can't get a legal route to hope?

hawawezi kupata fedha, hawawezi kupata njia halali ya matumaini?

What happens is they take risky journeys.

Kinachotokea ni kwamba wanaamua kufanya njia hatarishi.

I went to Lesbos, this beautiful Greek island, two years ago.

Nilikwenda Lesbos, kisiwa kizuri kilichopo Ugiriki, miaka miwili iliyopita.

It's a home to 90,000 people.

Kina wakazi 90,000.

In one year, 500,000 refugees went across the island.

Katika mwaka mmoja, wakimbizi 500,000 walikwenda katika kisiwa hiki.

And I want to show you what I saw

Na ninataka kuwaonyesha nilichoshuhudia

when I drove across to the north of the island:

Nilipokuwa nikiendesha kuelekea kaskazini ya kisiwa:

a pile of life jackets of those who had made it to shore.

mrundikano wa makoti ya kuokoa maisha ya wale waliofankiwa kufika katika kile kisiwa.

And when I looked closer,

Na nilipoangalia kwa ukaribu,

there were small life jackets for children,

kulikuwa na makoti madogo ya kuokoa maisha ya watoto,

yellow ones.

ya rangi ya njano.

And I took this picture.

Na nikachukua picha hii.

You probably can't see the writing, but I want to read it for you.

Huwezi kuona maandishi, lakini nataka nikusomee.

"Warning: will not protect against drowning."

"Ilani: haitakukinga na dhidi za kuzama."

So in the 21st century,

Katika katika karne ya 21,

children are being given life jackets

watoto wanapewa makoti ya kuokoa maisha

to reach safety in Europe

ili kufika salama Ulaya

even though those jackets will not save their lives

hata kama yale makoti hayawezi kuokoa maisha yao

if they fall out of the boat that is taking them there.

kama wataanguka kutoka katika mtumbwi ambao unawavusha.

This is not just a crisis, it's a test.

Hili sio janga, ni jaribio.

It's a test that civilizations have faced down the ages.

Ni jaribio kwamba ustaarabu unaangalia chini.

It's a test of our humanity.

Ni jaribio la ubinadamu wetu.

It's a test of us in the Western world

Ni jaribio la sisi tuliopo dunia ya Magharibi

of who we are and what we stand for.

ya jinsi tulivyo na msimamo wetu.

It's a test of our character, not just our policies.

Ni jaribio la tabia zetu, sio sera zetu.

And refugees are a hard case.

Na wakimbizi ni kesi ngumu.

They do come from faraway parts of the world.

Wanatokea mbali katika pande za dunia.

They have been through trauma.

Wamepitia magumu.

They're often of a different religion.

Wengi wao ni wa dini tofauti.

Those are precisely the reasons we should be helping refugees,

Hizi ni sababu sahihi ambazo zinatupasa kuwasaidia wakimbizi,

not a reason not to help them.

na sio sababu za kutowasaidia.

And it's a reason to help them because of what it says about us.

Na ni sababu ya kuwasaidia kwa sababu ya vile inavyosema kuhusu sisi.

It's revealing of our values.

Inaonyesha thamani yetu.

Empathy and altruism are two of the foundations of civilization.

Uelewa na kujali ni misingi miwili ya ustaarabu.

Turn that empathy and altruism into action

Badili uelewa na kujali katika vitendo

and we live out a basic moral credo.

na tutaishi katika mila ya kistaarabu.

And in the modern world, we have no excuse.

Na katika dunia ya sasa, hatuwezi toa sababu.

We can't say we don't know what's happening in Juba, South Sudan,

Hatuwezi sema hatufahamu kinachotokea Juba, Sudani Kusini

or Aleppo, Syria.

au Aleppo, Syria.

It's there, in our smartphone

Kipo hapa, katika simujanja zetu

in our hand.

zilizopo mikononi mwetu.

Ignorance is no excuse at all.

Ukosefu wa maarifa sio sababu kabisa.

Fail to help, and we show we have no moral compass at all.

Kushindwa kusaidia, tutaonyesha hatuna dira ya ustaarabu kabisa.

It's also revealing about whether we know our own history.

Na pia inaonyesha kuhusu pengine kama tunatambua historia yetu.

The reason that refugees have rights around the world

Sababu ya kwamba wakimbizi wana haki duniani kote.

is because of extraordinary Western leadership

ni kwa sababu ya uongozi usio wa kawaida ya Magharibi

by statesmen and women after the Second World War

wa viongozi wake kwa waume baada ya Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia

that became universal rights.

ikaja kuwa haki ya wote.

Trash the protections of refugees, and we trash our own history.

Ukitupa jalalani ulinzi wa wakimbizi, unatupa historia yetu pia.

This is --

Hii ni --

(Applause)

(Makofi)

This is also revealing about the power of democracy

Hii inadhihirisha nguvu ya demokrasia

as a refuge from dictatorship.

kama kimbilio kutokana na udikteta.

How many politicians have you heard say,

Ni wanasiasa wangapi umewahi kuwasikia wakisema,

"We believe in the power of our example, not the example of our power."

"Tunaamini katika nguvu ya mifano yetu, na sio mifano ya nguvu yetu."

What they mean is what we stand for is more important than the bombs we drop.

Wanachomaanisha ndicho tunachoamini ni muhimu sana kuliko mabomu tunayodondosha.

Refugees seeking sanctuary

Wakimbizi wanaotafuta utakatifu

have seen the West as a source of hope and a place of haven.

wameona Magharibi ndiyo chanzo cha matumaini na bandari salama.

Russians, Iranians,

Warusi, Wairan,

Chinese, Eritreans, Cubans,

Wachina, Waeritrea, Wakyuba,

they've come to the West for safety.

wamekuja magharibi kwa ajili ya usalama.

We throw that away at our peril.

Hatujali ili kuepuka maafa.

And there's one other thing it reveals about us:

Na kuna kitu kimoja kingine kinachodhihirisha kuhusu sisi:

whether we have any humility for our own mistakes.

kama tuna unyenyekevu wowote kutokana na makosa yetu.

I'm not one of these people

Mimi sio mmoja ya watu hawa

who believes that all the problems in the world are caused by the West.

ambae naamini kwamba matatizo yote ya dunia yanasababishwa na nchi za Magharibi.

They're not.

Hapana.

But when we make mistakes, we should recognize it.

Lakini tunapofanya makosa, lazima tuyatambue.

It's not an accident that the country which has taken

Sio ajali kwamba nchi ambayo imechukua

more refugees than any other, the United States,

wakimbizi wengi zaidi kuliko nchi nyingine, Marekani,

has taken more refugees from Vietnam than any other country.

imechukua wakimbizi wengi zaidi kutoka Vietnam kuliko nchi yoyote ile.

It speaks to the history.

Inaongea katika historia.

But there's more recent history, in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lakini kuna historia ya hivi karibuni, nchini Iraq na Afghanistan.

You can't make up for foreign policy errors

Huwezi rekebisha makosa ya siasa za nje

by humanitarian action,

kwa kutumia hatua za kibinadamu,

but when you break something, you have a duty to try to help repair it,

lakini unapovunja kitu fulani, una jukumu la kusaidia katika kujaribu kukiunga tena,

and that's our duty now.

na ni jukumu letu sasa.

Do you remember at the beginning of the talk,

Unakumbuka mwanzo wa hii hotuba yangu,

I said I wanted to explain that the refugee crisis

Nilisema nataka kueleza kwamba janga la wakimbizi

was manageable, not insoluble?

linaweza kusimamiwa, na sio lisiloshindikana?

That's true. I want you to think in a new way,

Ni ukweli, Nataka muwaze katika namna mpya,

but I also want you to do things.

lakini pia nataka mfanye vitu.

If you're an employer,

Kama wewe ni mwajiri,

hire refugees.

ajiri mkimbizi.

If you're persuaded by the arguments,

Kama unapitishwa katika malumbano,

take on the myths

waza mambo ya nyuma

when family or friends or workmates repeat them.

pale familia au marafiki au wafanyakazi wenzio wanaporudia.

If you've got money, give it to charities

Kama una hela, toa kama msaada

that make a difference for refugees around the world.

inaleta utofauti kwa wakimbizi wote duniani.

If you're a citizen,

Kama wewe ni mwananchi,

vote for politicians

mpigie kura mwanasiasa

who will put into practice the solutions that I've talked about.

ambaye atafanyia kazi utatuzi wa haya niliyoongelea.

(Applause)

(Makofi)

The duty to strangers

Jukumu la asiyejulikana

shows itself

hujionyesha

in small ways and big,

katika njia ndogo na kubwa,

prosaic and heroic.

kawaida na kishujaa.

In 1942,

Mwaka 1942,

my aunt and my grandmother were living in Brussels

shangazi yangu na bibi yangu walikuwa wakiishi Brussels

under German occupation.

chini ya utawala wa Ujerumani.

They received a summons

Walipokea wito

from the Nazi authorities to go to Brussels Railway Station.

kutoka katika mamlaka ya Nazi, kwenda katika stesheni ya reli ya Brussels.

My grandmother immediately thought something was amiss.

Bibi yangu mara moja alitambua kwamba kuna kitu hakipo.

She pleaded with her relatives

Aliwasihi ndugu zake

not to go to Brussels Railway Station.

wasiende stesheni ya reli ya Brussels.

Her relatives said to her,

Ndugu zake walimwambia,

"If we don't go, if we don't do what we're told,

"Kama hatutakwenda, kama hatutafanya tulichoambiwa,

then we're going to be in trouble."

tutakuwa katika hatari kubwa."

You can guess what happened

Unaweza tabiri nini kilitokea

to the relatives who went to Brussels Railway Station.

kwa wale ndugu waliokwenda stesheni ya reli ya Brussels.

They were never seen again.

Hawakuonekana tena.

But my grandmother and my aunt,

Lakini bibi yangu na shangazi yangu,

they went to a small village

walikwenda katika kijiji kidogo

south of Brussels

kusini mwa Brussels

where they'd been on holiday in the decade before,

ambapo walishawahi kwenda likizo muongo mmoja uliopita,

and they presented themselves at the house of the local farmer,

na walifikia katika nyumba ya mwanakijiji ambaye ni mkulima,

a Catholic farmer called Monsieur Maurice,

wa Kikatoliki aliyeitwa Monsieur Maurice,

and they asked him to take them in.

na waliomba kuishi pale.

And he did,

na aliwakubalia,

and by the end of the war,

na baada ya vita kuisha,

17 Jews, I was told, were living in that village.

Wayahudi 17, niliambiwa, walikuwa wakiishi katika kijiji kile.

And when I was teenager, I asked my aunt,

Na nilipokuwa kijana, nilimuuliza shangazi yangu,

"Can you take me to meet Monsieur Maurice?"

"Unaweza nipeleka nikamuone Monsieur Maurice?"

And she said, "Yeah, I can. He's still alive. Let's go and see him."

Na alisema, "Ndiyo, ninaweza. Bado yupo hai. Twende ukamuone."

And so, it must have been '83, '84,

Hivyo, ilikuwa ni mwaka '83,'84

we went to see him.

tulikwenda kumuona.

And I suppose, like only a teenager could,

Na tuseme, kama kijana tu ningeweza,

when I met him,

pale nilipoonana nae,

he was this white-haired gentleman,

alikuwa ni mwanaume mstaarabu aliye na mvi,

I said to him,

Nikamwambia,

"Why did you do it?

"Kwanini ulifanya vile?

Why did you take that risk?"

Kwanini ulikubali kuingia katika hatari?"

And he looked at me and he shrugged,

Aliniangalia

and he said, in French,

na akasema, katika lugha ya Kifaransa,

"On doit."

"On doit."

"One must."

ikimaanisha "Yatupasa."

It was innate in him.

Ilikuwa ndani yake.

It was natural.

Ni asili.

And my point to you is it should be natural and innate in us, too.

Na hoja yangu kwenu inatakiwa halisi na asili ndani yetu, pia.

Tell yourself,

Iambie nafsi yako,

this refugee crisis is manageable,

hili janga la wakimbizi linaweza simamiwa,

not unsolvable,

lina ufumbuzi,

and each one of us

na kila mmoja wetu

has a personal responsibility to help make it so.

ana jukumu binafsi la kuhakikisha jambo hili linafanikiwa.

Because this is about the rescue of us and our values

Kwa sababu hili jambo ni kuhusu wokozi wetu na thamani yetu

as well as the rescue of refugees and their lives.

vile vile na wokozi wa wakimbizi na maisha yao.

Thank you very much indeed.

Asante sana.

(Applause)

(Makofi)

Bruno Giussani: David, thank you. David Miliband: Thank you.

Bruno Giussani: David, asante. David Miliband: Asante.

BG: Those are strong suggestions

BG: Haya ni mapendekezo yenye nguvu

and your call for individual responsibility is very strong as well,

na wito wako kwa kila mmoja ni wenye nguvu pia,

but I'm troubled by one thought, and it's this:

lakini ninatatizwa na wazo moja, ni hili hapa:

you mentioned, and these are your words, "extraordinary Western leadership"

umetaja, na haya ni maneno yako,"utawala usio wa kawaida wa Magharibi"

which led 60-something years ago

ambao umeongoza kwa miaka 60 hivi iliyopita

to the whole discussion about human rights,

kuhusu majadiliano mazima kuhusu haki za binadamu,

to the conventions on refugees, etc. etc.

hadi kwenye makongamano kuhusu wakimbizi, kadhalika na kadhalika.

That leadership happened after a big trauma

Uongozi huu ulitokea baada ya mkanganyiko mkubwa

and happened in a consensual political space,

na ulitokea katika nafasi ya makubaliano ya kisiasa,

and now we are in a divisive political space.

na sasa tupo mgawanyiko wa kisiasa.

Actually, refugees have become one of the divisive issues.

Kiuhalisia, wakimbizi wamekuwa moja ya jambo la mgawanyiko.

So where will leadership come from today?

Kwa hiyo ni wapi uongozi utatokea leo hii?

DM: Well, I think that you're right to say

DM: Ninadhani upo sahihi kusema

that the leadership forged in war

uongozi uliozua vita

has a different temper and a different tempo

una hasira tofauti na mwendo tofauti

and a different outlook

na muonekano tofauti pia

than leadership forged in peace.

kuliko uongozi uliozua amani.

And so my answer would be the leadership has got to come from below,

Na kwa hiyo jibu langu litakuwa kwamba uongozi unatakiwa kutokea chini,

not from above.

na sio juu.

I mean, a recurring theme of the conference this week

Ninamaanisha, maudhui yanayojirudia ya mkutano wiki hii

has been about the democratization of power.

yamekuwa kuhusu kuleta demokrasia katika nguvu.

And we've got to preserve our own democracies,

Na tunatakiwa kulinda demokrasia yetu,

but we've got to also activate our own democracies.

lakini pia tunatakiwa amsha demokrasia yetu wenyewe.

And when people say to me,

Na pale watu wanaponiambia,

"There's a backlash against refugees,"

"Kuna upinzani katika suala la wakimbizi,"

what I say to them is,

ninachowaambia ni hiki,

"No, there's a polarization,

"Hapana, kuna matabaka,

and at the moment,

na kwa wakati huu,

those who are fearful are making more noise

wale ambao wanaogofya wanapiga kelele zaidi

than those who are proud."

kuliko wale ambao wenye fahari."

And so my answer to your question is that we will sponsor and encourage

Kwa hiyo jibu langu kuhusu swali lako ni kwamba tutadhamini na kuhamasisha

and give confidence to leadership

na kutoa ujasiri katika uongozi

when we mobilize ourselves.

pale tunapoungana.

And I think that when you are in a position of looking for leadership,

Na ninadhani pale pale ambapo unakuwa katika nafasi ya kutafuta uongozi,

you have to look inside

unatakiwa kuangalia ndani

and mobilize in your own community

na kuunganisha jamii yako

to try to create conditions for a different kind of settlement.

kujaribu kutengeneza mazingira ya tofauti kwa makazi.

BG: Thank you, David. Thanks for coming to TED.

BG: Asante, David. Asante kwa kuja TED.

(Applause)

(Makofi)