"Because they are human beings" is a naive answer.
My parents have worked 45 years as teachers in Romania, and now they get the equivalent of 300$ monthly combined in pension money. Romania is also not such a cheap country as you'd think.
Now, seeing as how even non-refugee migrants from typical holiday countries in North Africa get lots more money than that per month in the German welfare system, we have two options for thinking about the situation:
1) Conclude that my parents are not human beings, so it is right that they should receive less money than the migrants in richer countries
2) My parents should also be entitled to the same money, and Europe should feel responsible for them, too
My parents have worked 45 years as teachers in Romania, and now they get the equivalent of 300$ monthly combined in pension money. Romania is also not such a cheap country as you'd think.
Now, seeing as how even non-refugee migrants from typical holiday countries in North Africa get lots more money than that per month in the German welfare system, we have two options for thinking about the situation:
1) Conclude that my parents are not human beings, so it is right that they should receive less money than the migrants in richer countries
2) My parents should also be entitled to the same money, and Europe should feel responsible for them, too
Which one do you pick?