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The bit that disturbs me is how the police in many of these "first landing" countries have no qualms about knifing a rubber boat filled with people including sm
by junto 11y ago
The bit that disturbs me is how the police in many of these "first landing" countries have no qualms about knifing a rubber boat filled with people including small children that can't swim. That's murder. This kind of thing is going on all over the world. Refugees from Burma for example are also getting the same treatment but the Thai's.
We in the west are niaeve. We think we can incite revolutions and civil wars to overthrow the regimes that don't conform to our expectations of democracy, without appreciating that those actions have long term and negative effects upon ourselves. We have reeped what we sowed. Now we need to take responsibility for our actions.
The real refugees should be given the opportunity to integrate properly. We do not need cultural enclaves in our own cities. They lead to isolation and foster extremism in those immigrants that only feel hatred from their begrudging host countries' native populations. They need training and education, especially so that they can speak the language of their host country. For refugees moving to Germany that will be a challenge in itself. The language is hard. I've been here as an internal EU immigrant for nearly ten years and I still struggle with it.
The economic migrants, like those from Western Balkans, the near East and African countries that are peaceful need to weeded out and sent back.
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- dvfjsdhgfv 11y agoit's not the police who is making cuts in the boat, it's the immigrants themselves when they see a coast guard boat - they do it so that they can't be sent back
- NietTim 11y agoWhat? I've never heard before of police deliberately sinking boats. Do you have any source at all?
- junto 11y agoSources were Turkish, so they are no doubt biased, but this was what I was thinking of: http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/14/turkish-fisherman-claims-greek-officials-intentionally-sank-migrant-boat/ http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/14/turkish-fisherman-claims-... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3225321/Pirate-rogue-element-Greek-coastguard-ROBBING-migrants-gunpoint-puncturing-dinghies-Mediterranean.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3225321/Pirate-rogue... Here's a Thai accusation: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/23/thai-army-attacks-boat-people http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/23/thai-army-attac...